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Date: 2008-12-28 07:45 pm (UTC)One thing I liked about van de Wetering's books is that the cops don't see themselves as a caste apart, a small group of worthies in a constant state of siege from stupid civilians and nefarious criminals (ISTR that the old fellow who ran the police unit spent WWII in a Nazi prison and as a consequence was not keen on sending people to jail if there were workable alternatives).
I liked something from van de Wetering's background that never made it into the books as far as I recall: the fact that at least at one point in recent history it was possible to get drafted into the Dutch police (or more exactly, you could opt to perform your manditory N years of public service as a cop).