NAK is brooding on measures after assault controller

Inspection Service NAK is still considering measures after the mistreatment of an inspector. Although the controller has already been released from the hospital, NAK wants to give him time to recover and not bother him too much yet. 

The inspector was knocked out on Thursday 5 September by 2 arable farmers in Wouwse Plantage (North Brabant). He was left mistreated by the farmers and eventually alerted the emergency services himself. "The inspector has a hole in his memory and cannot tell everything back. That is why I cannot confirm whether the inspector himself started with aggressive behavior," says Misja Boonzaayer on behalf of the NAK.

Contradictory messages
The relevant arable farmer has indicated on Facebook that the inspector started pushing. According to him, he did not have to drive over their plot at all and he could also use the paved road. "The growers are indeed not customers of the NAK, but the inspector had been working on an underlying plot, which belonged to a customer of the NAK," says the spokesperson. 

"The inspector drove past the lot and was met by the 2. They yelled, 'I'm not driving through your front yard, am I?' Despite this aggressive behavior, the NAK inspector still wanted to start the conversation. Whether he started pushing or the farmers, I don't know. I don't think it fits the character of the inspector that he would become aggressive," said Boonzaayer. 

Aggressive behavior is wrong
"I can imagine that the farmers wondered why the inspector was driving over the field. However, on the other hand, the aggressive behavior is of course not correct. The inspector was on duty and was therefore not just a stranger," Boonzaayer explains. NAK will first consider the actions to be taken before looking at ways to prevent such incidents in the future. 

Update
From a recent Update From the NAK it appears that the inspector thought that the plot he drove over belonged to the same owner as the plot that did belong to a NAK customer. One of the arable farmers was also the first to deal a blow. Then the inspector resisted. The farmers then knocked out the controller. Both the inspector and the NAK filed a complaint against the farmers. 

Anne-Jan Doorn

Anne Jan Doorn is an arable expert at Boerenbusiness. He writes about the various arable farming markets and also focuses on the land and energy market.

aj.doorn@boerenbusiness. Nl

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