Opinions A Headquarters in the police, where the chief is placed together with his management team, operational staff and operations center. These are important public functions in a police district, and requires highly trained and educated employees.
members of the Storting gave up his chance to say anything about the place election, when they adopted the police reform in June year. The parliamentary majority believed that the choice of headquarters should be decided by the police themselves v / Police Directorate (POD), from police scientific arguments and the guidelines that apply when government jobs should be distributed. It was a good decision!
The new South Eastern Police District (Vestfold, Buskerud and Telemark) POD pointed Drammen as preliminary proposals for the headquarters of its consultation paper 05/10. 15. This consultation paper is now out for consultation. According POD aims for an open and transparent consultation process. But how real is such a consultation round when scissors mayor for police reform suddenly change hats and become an active lobbyist?
Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Justice Committee, Anders Werp (H) of Buskerud, has at least not hidden the fact that he works diligently Drammen. That despite the fact that he was rapporteur for this police reform in Parliament. He switched out quickly rapporteur-hat with his lobbyist hat. He has fronted Drammens candidacy through two major articles in Drammen Tidende and later two major articles in Dagsavisen future. Where he has his political weight and with a broad brush argued that Drammen must be selected.
Werp fronted also Drammens candidacy on NRK Østafjells 2 November. Then he was present at the police station in Drammen with the rest of Buskeruds parliamentary representatives, including parliamentary leader of the Conservative Party, Trond Helleland, from Drammen.
The next day we could read in Dagsavisen Future that parliament Lise Christoffersen (AP) urged Anders Werp to use their informal bacchanal to promote Drammens candidacy. This must be characterized as a very untidy process – is this how it is working? This is all a call to work for a decision that is colloquially called a “boys club straightforward – decision”.
When rapporteur Werp was pioneered parliamentary decree which place election should be decided the police themselves (POD), without central political interference, he cleared while away all political opposition in Parliament for his desire to put the seat of Drammen. Without competition from the other politicians in Parliament, he could work in silence “trailing alone”. This is not only disloyal to the Parliament’s decision but to a large extent very disloyal to his parliamentary colleagues. It is important to emphasize that the recommendation headquarters in South-Eastern Police District in the consultation paper from the POD does not agree with the arguments in the same note. This is a unison perception inside and outside the police.
When Police Directorate in its consultation document argues Tønsberg as a new headquarters, but concludes Drammen, it may indicate that Werp have succeeded with their political pressure and jobbing in “trailing alone”. Werp behavior does not help to increase confidence in our elected officials and many people’s illusions about an open and transparent democracy will get a kink.
I want emphasize that I have confidence that the police director Humlegårdsvägen both have a desire and will make wise police disciplinary decisions in this matter. But that presupposes that Anders Werp in particular, allows Humlegårdsvägen get do the job Parliament has asked him, without letting themselves be influenced by undue political pressure.
If we ends up a choice of headquarters in the South East who do not conform to the criteria that should be applied, it will create strong reactions in and outside the police. It gives a bad start for police reform, and there is no benefit from – not even Anders Werp – I hope.
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