Can be three new months with armed police – Dagbladet.no

Oslo (NTB-Bibiana Piene and Jon Even Andersen): The temporary arming of police is likely to be extended by another three months, according to VG.

The reason is that the threat assessment from the Police Security Service (PST) has not changed since the last assessment in March.

Problematic

Meanwhile, the Storting established that we should not have a general armed police in Norway. Now both cooperation Liberal Party and opposition party SV concerned that we move into a permanent temporary situation.

– At the last extension exceeded we a half years of temporality. When this take a long time, it is problematic given the parliamentary majority’s clear stance, says Liberal Party justice policy spokesman Iselin Nybø said.

– I fear that we may go into a permanent temporary situation. There is little evidence that the threat of IS will disappear with the first, says SV Deputy Bård Vegar Solhjell.

Calls for Plan

Norwegian police have been temporarily armed page 25 . Last November, with another three months, the last until September 7.

Nybø says it is difficult to overrule the scientific assessments that reason, and that parliamentary politicians do not have access to. Time Nevertheless, come to challenge the general temporary nature, she says.

– What can we do to protect society while reducing Armament? Is it possible to consider point-armament above general armament? This I challenge the Attorney General Anders Anundsen (FRP) when he comes to the parliament on Tuesday to clarify this issue, says Nybø.

Rationale

Solhjell points out some of the same:

– I do not think temporary armament of police makes us safer. It is difficult to see armed police on Senja and Naustdal is the right answer to a general, global terror threat, says he said.

He added that he looks forward to getting a more thorough explanation of Armament when Anundsen come to Parliament in line with what the majority have requested.

Heavy responsibility

Conservatives and the Progress Party saw no reason to call into Anundsen when the matter was debated in Parliament in early May.

Hårek Rivers (H), which sits in the justice committee, told NTB that the issue of temporary armament requires careful balancing of various considerations.

– Putting PST threat assessment aside is to gamble with social security. It is not Parliament’s task. It rests a heavy responsibility on Parliament to ensure that preparedness is consistent with the threat, he said. (© NTB)