Community officer Erik pulled deceased boy out of the sand: 'It bothered me'

Community police officer Erik has a special, but intense, bond with De Groote Wielen in Rosmalen. In ‘his neighbourhood’, he pulled a deceased boy out of a pile of sand 21 years ago. The bizarre coincidence is that exactly 20 years later, another serious incident occurred at the same location: a 4-year-old boy fell into a pond and barely survived. “That’s why it’s my neighbourhood,” the community police officer says in an interview with Omroep B…