Lo. CP Derous.

17:05 Dec 7, 2019 

By the way, "i.o. CP Derous, followed by a signature" is an option (see link)

Kind regards,
on behalf of police commissioner Derous
signature someone else

16:32 Dec 7, 2019 

Kitty, as far as 'in opdracht' is concerned, I was thinking of 'on behalf of'.
And it seems I found confirmation, but 'for' is mentioned in the same breath:

i.o. is echt een Nederlandse afkorting (in opdracht). Je kunt in Engelse brieven het Latijnse p.p. (‘per procurationem’ > namens) voor de naam schrijven. In de Engelse correspondentie wordt ook gebruikt: ‘for’ en ‘on behalf of’.

https://www.managementsupport.nl/communiceren/vraag_antwoord...

16:17 Dec 7, 2019 

Martijn, your explanation does not really make sense from a linguistic point of view.

More context and layout info is needed.

All we can say is, it would be nice if we could somehow use 'in opdracht'.

13:12 Dec 7, 2019 

@Kitty

Derous is the boss, someone else is signing for... we mean the same.

12:39 Dec 7, 2019 

'Commissioned by' would be correct in different contexts (goods/services etc. commissioned by a client) but not in this case where 'in opdracht' simply means that the report was signed FOR Commissioner of Police (CP) Derous.

10:54 Dec 7, 2019 

In reaction to your reply @Barend:

'Verzonden op:' means indeed 'Sent on:' and then a date will follow normally. So in this case the word order of the sentence is just a little different... the put the date a little further away then where you would expect it.

So the whole sentence is:

Send on: commissioned by Chief Constable Derous, his signature, the date.

Sometimes you get this little mixed up word order in official letters... :-)

16:12 Dec 6, 2019 

We invite you to participate.
This may be very helpful as well.

Providing the exact context, including layoout, for example.

15:17 Dec 6, 2019 

That is exactly what I suggested.
Except that I went for 'locatie' instead of 'in opdracht' voor 'Lo' in the end, since the context offers 'Verzonden op: Lo. CP Derous'

Could you explain:

'op in opdracht' ?

This may be very helpful.

Thank you.

10:33 Dec 6, 2019 

Hi Scylla,

What it actually said in this police report is:

i.o. CP Derous

In this phrase 'i.o.' stands for: 'in opdracht van' which means 'commissioned by'.

CP stands for: Commissaris van Politie, which is a rang with police officers in Belgium. It means 'Chief Constable'.

'Derous' is actually the last name of 'Koen Derous', which is a CP in the Belgium police. You can google his name.

And there you have it... the letter was commissioned by Chief Constable Koen Derous.

Kind regards,
Martijn Hemelaar

14:28 Dec 4, 2019 

It's just another option, given that the abbreviation is apparently not clearly legible. I'd need to see the actual layout of the report to see if it works or not. That being said, I'd also put my money on 'locatie' if I were asked to make a choice.

13:45 Dec 4, 2019 

Not sure whether my opinion is asked for. :-)

Anyway, I considered 'in opdracht' as well, but did not mention it since I did not see how this works:

'op in opdracht'

Therefore suggested 'locatie'.

08:37 Dec 4, 2019 

I understand 'Lo.' is not clearly legible and could in fact also be 'I.o.' (in opdracht >> for). This would definitely make sense in this context. See f.i. https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/in-opdracht/.

06:26 Dec 4, 2019 

Lo. may be 'locatie' -->

Verzonden op: Locatie commissaris politie Derous

06:15 Dec 4, 2019 

CP = probably 'commissaris politie' (see: https://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/002/213/308/RUG01-0022133... "Ter aanvulling werden er ook persoonlijke gesprekken gevoerd met de commissaris politie (CP) van de dienst ‘Operationele werking’"

'Derous' = probably surname of the CP (see https://www.pzvlas.be/fileadmin/MEDIA/website/documenten/bel... CP Koen DEROUS, afdelingshoofd Informatiebeheer.