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Police boost preparedness
Police departments all over Norway are raising their levels of preparedness to the so-called Alfa level. All police officers have been told to be...
Police reform sets off more unrest
There's rumbling within the ranks of Norway's state police. Officers on patrol are setting off alarms over not just inadequate staffing but an actual...
Police hushed up concert bomb scare
Just as thousands of mostly young Norwegians were streaming into a huge annual outdoor concert in Oslo last month, police were called to the...
Justice minister wants to re-arm police
UPDATED: Norway's new justice minister, Tor Mikkel Wara of the Progress Party, is seeking permanent permission from Parliament to allow some police officers to...
Police academy attracts more women
Norway's state police academy (Politihøgskolen) has seen a slight decline in its total number of applicants, but is proud that fully 48 percent of...
Police director prefers disarming
Norway's ongoing saga over whether its police should be armed or unarmed took another twist on Thursday. The country's top law enforcement officer now...
PST lowers Norway’s terror threat level
Norway's state police intelligence unit PST (Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste) thinks the risk of a terrorist attack in Norway has declined, and has thus lowered the...
PST wants police to always be armed
UPDATED: Norway's civilian police intelligence unit PST has, for the first time, gone public in recommending that Norwegian police be armed at all times....
Police, military carry out major anti-terror exercise
Around 900 police and military personnel were taking part in a major anti-terror exercise in Oslo and the southern Agder counties early this week....
‘Hash baron’ appeals his prison term
Gjermund Cappelen, Norway's so-called former "hash baron" who was sentenced to prison last week along with a former Oslo police officer, has decided to...
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