The police is calling for volunteers (parents, people with full time jobs, professionals, etc.) to join them on a voluntary basis and to assist in the tasks of surveillance, prevention of crimes, traffic checkpost controls, to protect and *correct* the behavior of citizens.

I believe this is worthy of a mention on your sites given that it is documented proof of government involvement in active recruitment of what I call "snitches in uniform". I certainly don't need to remind you guys that these are practices not unlike the former German Stazi who turned many citizens into snitches and "surveillance staff".

Even more of a concern is that the letter states that volunteers that wish to participate need to be at least 16.5 years old which means that there is a potential for young kids to be sucked into the police state brainwash machine, to give them a little fake power and ficticious influence in order to have them do the dirty work that the government
is unable (due to legal restrictions that often don't apply to civilians) to do themselves. Needless to say the public reaction to kids, who will most likely not even know the law, attempting to correct the behavior of citizens will only lead to more problems.

As for a quick translation of what the letter says;

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Why this letter?
We are looking for motivated colleagues for the "volunteer police". Colleagues, who due to their attitude and after a thorough course, will be able to professionally handle situations in the streets. We are looking for people who preferably have a large amount of professional and life experience. Woman and men with jobs, perhaps
even with families who are raising kids, who would want to give up their free time to assist in improving the safety in their neighborhood. People who, in a special way, want to provide something to their communities. Perhaps you are one of these people?

The tasks?
Provide help where needed, watch over and surveil, assist in preventing misdemeanors and crimes, assist with traffic check points and other events. Just to show that you are around.... to protect, to help, and sometimes also to correct (ed::the context of the language used implies that it is to correct behavior or actions of other citizens::). You will work within a regional team together with professional colleagues. You will have diverse tasks which include events like the marathon and
the summer carnaval and will participate in district/region actions such as alocohol checks (ed::those are traffic checkpoints where folks are checked for DUI)::.

Requirements for the uniform-wearing duties;
The requirements for a "volunteer police officer" are the same as for a professional police officer and surveillor, you need to be at least 16.5 years of age, have the Dutch nationality, and have a high school diploma or equivalent work- and intelligence levels. You need to be prepared to give up least 250 hours each year (including our course) of your free time, to be on duty and on call. Of course you need to be healthy and
have a clean slate (e.g. no police record). And... to be prepared to spend weeknights following our course.

What more can the police offer?
Working with the police is a special use of you free time. Free time, which you will spend in one of the most noteworthy areas of the city in your own community and environment (or a different region if you so wish). Needless to say we will provide a modest annual fee, an hourly fee, travel cost reimbursement, and a small fee for clothing. The course we offer is free of charge.

The rest of the letter is mostly a lot of filling and an invitation to come to the precinct where they will hold an informative talk about this new project.

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It is obvious from the letter that the police are looking for volunteers who will not be given the employed or legal status of law enforcement. That means volunteers can be given orders which they most likely will not fully understand in the context of the law, in order to use them to do the tasks that normal law enforcement is unable to do without just cause or court orders. It is not unlike how in the US truck drivers and cable technicians have been asked to look around and report suspicious behavior
or other things. Snitches, to be blunt. If a police officer doesn't follow the rules that apply to themselves they can be reprimanded, carreer opportunities can be impaired, or they can be fired and the city can be sued. In the case of these volunteers which remain volunteers the law does not apply in the same way. At worst a volunteer will be banned from taking further part in the project but as a citizen your options for real
justice will be slim to none.

It goes without saying that projects like this tend to attract a majority of individuals who are power hungry or otherwise suffer from the kind of mental illness which is the cause of their desire to feel important and to feel like they are in control of others. So it will just be a matter of time before greater civil unrest will set in... which of course is most likely what the government prefers given that it allows them to take
more civil rights away from the people and allows them to create and activate police-state-like measures.