Good opportunity to create a professional environment

To the north, there is a huge need for police officers and investigative forces. Then it is gratifying and extremely important that as many as 256 applicants have reported their interest in 24 places in Alta.

In the long run, it can remedy a crisis and maybe it can do something about the prejudice that automatically pops up.

– We could have turned ten classes, was the immediate comment to police.no from Police Chief Ellen Katrine Hætta. She herself has been one of the drivers of the decentralized, collection -based pilot project, which the Government Støre landed a couple of years ago.

From the autumn, education will be underway, so we cross our fingers for both establishment, execution ability and not least the work to make this a permanent offer for the Police College.

We immediately think that it may be an idea to create a wider professional environment. The establishment of the Finnmark Brigade and the need for increased presence in a strained geopolitical situation means that we believe it is right and necessary to invest in permanent defense and police education in Finnmark. There is a commitment where, for example, UiT is on the « ball »

Here it may be facilitated collaboration and collaboration – which we believe will make it easier to hire teachers, lecturers and students from all over the region. Yes, maybe the whole country.

We are happy to add that the establishment of the A-Crime Center in Alta, then under the auspices of the Solberg government, has also shown that it has fully possible to create good offers in Northern Norway, where investigative forces are also part of the whole.

It turns out that students often stay where they study. Without the ability and willingness to invest scattered, the evil circle will be almost unbreakable. When the pilot project was presented by the politicians in 2023, there were immediately strong objections to investing in Alta, so there is still a built -in aversion to think new in the districts

In our opinion, it is no contradiction to educate police officers in Alta and the need to fight gang criminals in the capital. The resources must of course be used and moved as needed and the crime picture, but right now there is actually critical need in the north of the country.

In a digital world, the bend should also not be geography when it comes to investigation.

Of course, the prerequisite for taking the trial is that demand and need remain. A good education in robust conditions north can be attractive – and there are just safe, interesting and future -oriented studies needed to curb relocation and make sure that more people see the opportunities in the north. For several reasons this is important for safety and preparedness

Then we must also manage to talk our own county and the measures that have been implemented to strengthen migration and recruitment. This is a great opportunity to move the magnet some notch north.