– We do not have exact figures at this time, but it is not often, confirms operations manager Kjersti Eidsnes Western Police District to BA.
Police action in Sandviken Monday afternoon ended with a man was shot in the hand by the police.
scene commander: – in the worst
According to the Response Team Njål Hope’s police crews on site told they were fired at, and that they had to answer.
– How serious is it that there are fired shots at the police?
– This is one of the most serious we are gone, yes.
Efforts manager would not comment on how many times he has been with the police have fired at a person.
– What were you thinking that the police must firing shots to incapacitate a person?
– it’s ultimately, says efforts manager.
the man is now hospitalized at Haukeland hospital with what are described as minor injuries in one arm.
No police officers were injured during the operation. The police officer who fired shots are now being cared for and Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs is routinely notified of the incident.
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screened for threats with weapons
the man is currently charged with threats against the police with firearms. Operations underlines that it is still very early in the proceedings.
The man is monitored by guards while he is hospitalized. It has not yet appointed a defense counsel in the case.
– Which weapon used man?
– It is not clear yet, said operations manager Kjersti Eidsnes West police.
– is it clear that the man had a real weapon, or he may have had an Air Force or something similar?
– Crime technicians are on site, but we have not received feedback from them yet. There is a lot of gas in the apartment, and it is therefore difficult to work there. The apartment will now be closed off, and then the work will continue tomorrow, says Eidsnes.
The gas in the apartment stems from a so-called gas grenade that police used during the operation. This gas is not dangerous, but creates discomfort for people who stay in it.
Thus, it will probably not get any information from the site until at least Tuesday.
Hostage Situation at Landås
Among the hallways Hordaland police (now West police) fired shots was on 28 April 2010. When loosened police shot in connection with a police raid on a residential building in Åsane.
18. December 2010 fired police at Stord warning shots toward a man who had barricaded himself in a residential building at Stord. Man reportedly threatened police with a knife.
In addition, according to the operations center have been a case in 2009.
On Landås was a very dramatic situation in 2000. A man had barricaded with a 12 year old boy hostage.
After a half hour stormed police apartment and shot the man in the legs. The boy had no physical injuries.
4. March saw paramedics fired on Breistein in Åsane. After the police had arrested the man, proved that he had used a gas pistol – which can easily be mistaken for a real gun. This situation was resolved without the police had to fire shots.
Rarely
It happens far more often that the police in Norway threatens firearms than they actually loose shots. In 2014, threatened police with firearms 42 times, but they loosened only shot in two cases.
In the period 2002 to 2014, on average, occurred 2.5 times a year nationwide.
BA has no figures for 2015 available.
According weapons procedures state police districts report to the police Directorate when fired shots. According to a memo from the department of police preparedness and crisis management in the Police Directorate, fired police shot three times in 2014.
The previous year it looks like this: 2013: 3, 2012: 3, 2011: 1, 2010: 6 , 2009: 3.
During the period, at least 18 people have been injured by police shots. There is uncertainty as to the reporting of casualties in 2013, and this figure is not accurate. In addition, two people died (2005 and 2006).
Among the cases in which police fired shots in the last ten years there have been cases where the use of firearms was not aimed directly at the person:
in 2008, shots are fired against the tires on vehicles to stop this due to dangerous driving. In 2009, fired the police shot to kill aggressive dog in connection with police assistance to other public body exercising authority. In 2012 shots fired at car tires to stop the vehicle.
Use of firearms
the threat of the use of firearms: Situations where the police use firearms as an instrument of power by directing it against one or more persons, but without firing shots.
Use of firearms: Situations where the police use firearms as an instrument of power by firing aimed shots against one or more persons or objects (eg vehicles) or firing warning shots.
The figures apply to the country, and the statistics also includes situations where the police have fired warning shots. Accidental shot, training shooting and killing of animals is not included in these statistics.
Source: POLICE THREAT OF use of firearms OR use of firearms 2002-2014
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