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Normally having autism and working for the police is not really that possible, but in the Hague 4 camera image/video reviewing specialist have been chosen not in spite of their autism but partly because of their autism.
When Yannick saw the job vacancy for specialist in the camera viewing department, he thought that it would be the perfect job. She explains that not only is does she love looking through many hours of surveillance video recordings, she is also very good at it. Because she has a very different way of looking at recordings (more detailed), she is able to see things "non-autistic" colleagues do not see and also she can see them in a shorter period of time. Because of her autism she is also able to focus on that "tedious" job for much longer than other people, something that is very handy in her line of work.
Together with three other colleagues, who are also autistic, Yannick watches many hours of video's from police investigations. Sometimes many hundreds of hours of video material. Usually it is video recordings of CCTV camera's with which criminal acts can be reconstructed by reviewing the CCTV material but they also scan the images to obtain evidence the police needs to prosecute and investigate cases.
People with autism, according to the police, are excellently qualified to do this kind of a job through their remarkable concentration and attention to detail, qualities that are well suited for the job they are now doing. With those qualities and abilities they can more easily and more quickly find images than the average detective needs to find the same images. Images that can be very crucial to investigate cases. The newly hired autistic police detectives have spotted individuals in several criminal investigation, found evidence and were able to exclude people as suspects. They took their "handicap" and made it into a positive for their new job.
The Cedric appreciation award is an award for the branch organization of social work institutes and re-integration into the work force. In total there were 51 candidates for the award of which 4 nominees were chosen and the police specialists with autism were awarded with the prize.
When Yannick saw the job vacancy for specialist in the camera viewing department, he thought that it would be the perfect job. She explains that not only is does she love looking through many hours of surveillance video recordings, she is also very good at it. Because she has a very different way of looking at recordings (more detailed), she is able to see things "non-autistic" colleagues do not see and also she can see them in a shorter period of time. Because of her autism she is also able to focus on that "tedious" job for much longer than other people, something that is very handy in her line of work.
Together with three other colleagues, who are also autistic, Yannick watches many hours of video's from police investigations. Sometimes many hundreds of hours of video material. Usually it is video recordings of CCTV camera's with which criminal acts can be reconstructed by reviewing the CCTV material but they also scan the images to obtain evidence the police needs to prosecute and investigate cases.
People with autism, according to the police, are excellently qualified to do this kind of a job through their remarkable concentration and attention to detail, qualities that are well suited for the job they are now doing. With those qualities and abilities they can more easily and more quickly find images than the average detective needs to find the same images. Images that can be very crucial to investigate cases. The newly hired autistic police detectives have spotted individuals in several criminal investigation, found evidence and were able to exclude people as suspects. They took their "handicap" and made it into a positive for their new job.
The Cedric appreciation award is an award for the branch organization of social work institutes and re-integration into the work force. In total there were 51 candidates for the award of which 4 nominees were chosen and the police specialists with autism were awarded with the prize.