Designation positions involving confidentiality at the National Police and the Special Investigative Services

The designation of positions involving confidentiality can take place only after each reasonable physical and organisational security measure has been implemented, where residual risks continue to exists which can harm the national security. Only for these positions does the Security Screening Act (Wet veiligheidsonderzoeken, Wvo) offer the Minister of Justice and Security the possibility to designate positions at the National Police as positions involving confidentiality.

Also the Special Investigation Services (Bijzondere Opsporingsdiensten, BOD) such as the FIOD, ILT-IOD, NVWA-IOD and the Labour Inspectorate) have positions which can harm the national security, as a result of which it is possible to designate positions involving confidentiality within a BOD. For this purpose BOD should turn to the responsible expert minister and follow the established process for the designation of positions involving confidentiality. It is important here that the designation is paired with clear motivation as to why the official could compromise the national security from this specific position.

Designation grounds police

Positions involving confidentiality at the National Police can be designated if the (candidate) official carries out work which could harm one of the designation grounds below. The positions below can be designated within a BOD as a position involving confidentiality, under the condition that the grounds clearly supports why the position poses a risk to the national security.

Strategic senior officials

• Management Strategic senior officials
  Officials from salary scale 16 and up who fall under the domain ‘manager’ within the police organisation, the so-called strategic senior officials.
• Strategic senior officials support
  Officials who directly support and directly fall under the strategic senior officials. They do not have the authority to make decisions.

Article 91 Officials

Officials who carry out work for the General Intelligence and Security Service in accordance with Article 91(1) and (2) Security Services Act 2017 (Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2017, Wiv).

Officials who fall under the domain ‘covert’

1. Shielded Operational Specialism
   Officials who carry out work within shielded operations, carry out specialist operational tasks, provide or develop specialised education, or carry out special investigative methodology.
2. 2. Shielded Operational Tasks
      Officials who carry out work for shielded operational specialisms (and in which they learn of the modus operandi).
3. 3. Shielded Support Operational Tasks
      Officials who carry out supporting work by order of or directly supporting the shielded operational tasks.

Team Integrity Screenings

Officials who are responsible and provide direction to the execution of integrity screenings.

Border control & Investigation Seaport Area

Officials who are responsible for the execution of the police task with relation to border control and investigation on water and in the (sea)port area.

Crypto management

Officials who fall under the domain ‘Crypto management’ and work on a structural basis with classified information as described in the Decree on Civil Service Information Security of Classified Information (VIRBI).

• Crypto management
  Officials who carry out work within the crypto management team.
• Crypto management support 
  Officials who carry out work which directly supports the crypto management team.

National Security Team

Officials who fall under the National Security Team.

Internal Security Domain

Officials who carry out work within the internal security domain, officials who focus on the security of organisation.

Other

Officials who fall under Article 4(a), (b), (c), or (g) of the Order screening officials of the police and external police employees, could pose a risk to the national security. This risk may lead to social disruption or damage to vital interests such as the territorial, physical, economic, ecological, social/political stability, or the international legal order.