2013 — Inspection Study: Oversight by the Public Prosecutor’s Office on Case Selection, Investigation Progress, and Quality Control in Curaçao

This report reviews the Public Prosecution Service’s (OM) oversight of case selection and investigative quality. The Curaçao Police Force (KPC) outlines decision-making in its plan, but no formal agreements exist. KPC lacks clear criteria for case selection, leaving decisions to the Public Prosecutor (OvJ). There is no policy on backlog screening, and pre-screening timing is unclear. Both OM and KPC know the three screening criteria (perpetrator identity, societal impact, policy priorities), but KPC applies them only in pre-screening. OM provides no guidance on KPC’s resource use, overseeing mainly during investigations.