To: R. Geissen
Utrecht
Visiting address: Zeist, Utrechtseweg 141
Corps unit: district police
Treated by: MDNDR011
Telephone: 030-6972999
Our reference: PLO920/09-192579
Your reference: Your declaration dated 23 June 2009
Date: 8 September 2009
Subject: refraining from investigative inquiries
Dear sir,
On 23 June 2009, you reported several criminal offences in Zeist that were committed against you or your company by a former employee and a former trainee and some of their family members during the period January 2008 – June 2009. Shortly after the declaration was recorded, I assessed it and decided to give it a low priority; as a result, in fact, no/little follow-up investigation is carried out in the declaration. I have now reassessed your declaration and decided not to have a (further) investigation into this matter carried out; your declaration will be put on the shelf.
The arguments that led to this decision can be found in:
1. the priorities set by the Public Administration and the Public Prosecution Service. After all, each research requires capacity that is (unfortunately) limited;
2. the assessment made of the possibility of achieving a successful conclusion of the case or conviction of the accused;
3. the extent to which criminal proceedings are both feasible and opportune.
It has been established that an investigation to be launched would require a great deal of capacity, and that this effort is disproportionate to the priority of the report. In addition, it has become clear to me that the alleged criminal offences have taken place in a limited circle and that as a result the community interest is limited or non-existent. A successful prosecution therefore seems extremely doubtful, all the more so since the legal and convincing evidence in the various allegedly criminal acts is difficult or impossible to provide. For these reasons, criminal government intervention is refrained from; it would be better if the conflict were to be fought out between the parties in a court of law.
Kind regards,
The chief of detective / deputy prosecutor,
MDNDR011
