Yesterday it became known that 12 messages from the West police district to child protection, sent via Altinn, were not open in the municipalities they were sent to. The content had also not been made known to the municipalities in other ways, until this week. The cases do not concern direct violence against children, but are so-called parental warnings, stated the West police district at a press conference in Bergen yesterday. The news about reports of concern that have been sent from the police in a way that has caused them to have doctors unopened in the municipalities came last week, when Lillehammer discovered unopened reports. On Tuesday this week, it became known that several police districts in the country have used the message system without the municipalities having had access to or knowledge of the messages. PRESS CONFERENCE: Acting inspector Sidsel Isachsen and chief of police in Bergen, Kaare Songstad. Photo: Oda Flaten Lødemel – Double communication Last night, city councilor for child welfare and social services Line Berggreen Jacobsen (Ap) published a post on her own Facebook page. It will come with harsh criticism of the police. The city council in Bergen believes the police “are good at obfuscating and pushing the responsibility of the child welfare service and the municipalities”. – I feel that the police engage in double communication and obfuscation when they say that they are going to change their routines, but at the same time say that “these messages have already come out”. At the press conference yesterday, the police said that for several years they have not known that the messages sent in Altinn have not been opened. They also made it clear that from now on, messages of concern will be sent by regular mail, to prevent the same thing from happening again. Why do you go out with this criticism on Facebook? – After I saw the press conference yesterday, I felt that the police were double-communicating and I therefore chose to publish a post on Facebook. FOGGING: Excerpt from the Facebook post of city councilor Line Berggreen Jacobsen. Photo: Skjermbilde/Facebook Berggreen Jacobsen believes the criticism from the municipality is appropriate “since the matter is of such a serious nature”. Chief of Police Kaare Songstad in the West police district pointed out yesterday that none of the twelve cases concerned children who are exposed to serious incidents. – It is important for me to emphasize, because an impression has been given over the last few days that the police have made a mistake when it comes to serious cases for child protection, he said. news has presented the criticism from Jacobsen for the West police district and has been informed that police chief Kaare Songstad has no further comments on the matter today. – Trivialization Even though the cases do not concern violence against children, Cecilia Dinardi, leader of the national association for children in child protection, reacts strongly to what came out at the West police district’s press conference yesterday. – I get the impression that the content of these twelve cases is somewhat downplayed. She says children can be exposed to serious situations, even if there is no direct information about violence against children in these messages. One of the cases concerns bodily harm, where at least one child has witnessed violence between two adults. What can it mean for children to witness something like this? – On a general basis, I can say that witnessing violence in the home is psychological violence against children. It can represent great insecurity and a lack of protection in a home. Several of the cases concern serious drug offences. – It is always a big burden for children who live in an environment affected by drugs, says Mimmi Kvisvik in the Joint Organisation. REACTS: Cecilia Dinardi, leader of the national association for child welfare children, feels that the content of the twelve cases is being somewhat trivialized by the police. Photo: Moment Studio – A matter with a high priority news has asked the Norwegian Police Directorate (POD) to answer routine questions about the use of Altinn as a messaging service, and why several police districts have made use of this solution. In an e-mail, POD writes that they are waiting for the vessel laying that will now be done, and refers to the answer they gave in an interview on Tuesday. – The police have sent notifications to the municipalities via the public digital solution to which all municipalities are connected. Altinn generates an automatic notification to e-mail and SMS that the user has received a message from the police, the directorate states in the e-mail. Bjørn Vandvik in POD replies that this case has had a high priority throughout the police since it became known, and that since then they have worked hard to get an overview. – This work will continue throughout the weekend and summer, until we can safely say that all the reports of concern sent by the police have been followed up as they should be, the email states. HIGH PRIORITY: Bjørn Vandvik in the Directorate of Police. Photo: Artur do Carmo Hi! I’m working on this case. Do you have any tips or input? Please contact!
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City councilor Line Berggreen Jacobsen in Bergen with strong criticism of the police – news Vestland
