Mayor Dijksma already intervened at the Bollendak in September, but that was aimed at the short term. “I don’t always feel safe there either,” she said about the station area at the time. “I think that’s true for a lot of women. That’s unacceptable.” Intensive supervision by agents, enforcers, stewards, residence and area bans have reduced nuisance in recent months, Bureau Beke notes. However, given the staff shortages and other priorities, the current approach is not sustainable in the long term.
For example, Utrecht and the government are fighting nuisance-causing foreigners at the Bollendak
