The Police hires temporary staff through the Police Hiring Desk and aims to appeal to a diversity of providers, regardless of the organizational form. The Police Hiring Desk is published as a dynamic purchasing system under the 2012 Procurement Act. As of 18.4.2016, the Public Procurement Directive (2014/24) will apply to this and the Hiring Desk will fall under the regime of that Directive.
This category concerns the temporary hiring of legal personnel. To qualify for future contracts, suppliers can submit a request for authorization for this category. This is possible on the website www.inhuurdeskpolitie.nl
Lawyers work in many fields within the Police. Many in the Police Service Center (PDC). The PDC mainly consists of: the Human Resource Management service, the Facility Management service, the Information Supply service. The HRM service employs lawyers and other specialized employees in the field of employment law and working conditions, including objection and appeal procedures, disciplinary matters and advice to management. The Police are own risk bearers in the areas of WW, WGA and ZW. Expert professionals are also deployed on these themes. Other lawyers work for the geographical police units. The unit staffs handle privacy issues, advise on the so-called police chief laws, deal with civil law questions, including liability, prepare decisions in the field of the Public Access Act and advise on administrative law. The Legal Affairs department of the police force directorate advises the police force and policy directorates (Operations, Communication, HRM, FM, Finance and IV) at a strategic level. This component contributes to corps-wide policy and advises on laws and regulations and developments that affect the Police in its primary task and business operations. In the operation, legal specialists work to support the statutory tasks of maintaining the legal order and providing assistance to those who need it.
The police are (more or less) frequently looking for professionals in fields, such as:
- civil service law,
- collective action law,
- employee participation law,
- social security law,
- ICT law,
- privacy law (Wbp and Police Data Act),
- procurement law,
- contract law and liability law,
- administrative law (in particular the Public Access Act),
- intellectual property law (copyright, design right),
- media law,
- criminal law and criminal procedure,
- European law.
In 2018 and 2019, an average of 17 inquiries were issued per year for the Legal category.
The Police intends to use the category for a term of five years, starting from 21.3.2020, with an option to extend it by two times twelve months.