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Figures on violence against enforcement officers were incorrect, baton trial had flawed basis
The Amsterdam municipality has admitted that data regarding violence against city wardens was significantly overestimated due to a reporting error that misclassified non-applicable incidents as physical violence. These inflated figures were used to justify a pilot program equipping wardens with batons, though Mayor Femke Halsema maintains the program is still justifiable based on the actual incident rates.
