The policeman is ordered to delete the video after the case in Kongsberg where a policeman stands accused of violence, the Bureau writes in a press release. They state that this was grossly negligent service failure. – For the violations, a fine of NOK 12,000 has been given, with the alternative of imprisonment for 12 days, says a press release. In October last year, 26-year-old Kevin Simensen was subjected to blows with a fist and a baton by the police. The case, which is now being processed by the Bureau, has received a lot of attention. It was in connection with this case that a policeman accessed the phones after arresting a person, and deleted a video recording. In the decision, the Bureau writes that the police officer went on the phone and deleted at least one video recording, both from the camera function or the album “Recently” and from the album “Recently deleted”. – Disappointed by what he perceives to be discriminatory treatment, lawyer Sidra Bhatti in the law firm Rogstad speaks out on behalf of the three aggrieved parties in the case. Lawyer Sidra Bhatti, who speaks on behalf of all three clients of the Rogstad law firm. Photo: Alexander Nordby / news – I register that the special unit has found it proven that the police official has in fact deleted key evidence, but I am reacting to the reaction determination. Any other person would normally receive a more severe punishment than what was given here, says Bhatti. – My client is disappointed by what he perceives as discrimination. A police officer must of course have the same punitive reaction as other people would get, and that is not the case here, explains Bhatti. This is a surveillance video of what happened at the petrol station in Kongsberg, not the video the witnesses say the police deleted. The Bureau does not make any comments The prosecution officer in the Bureau, Camilla Lie, tells news that they do not make any comments until they have received feedback from the official about how the person in question presents himself at the hearing. A policeman has been charged with violence following the incident at Kongsberg last autumn. According to the indictment, the police officer put a man on the ground and hit him repeatedly in the head and body with a clenched fist. The man is also accused of hitting another man in the thigh with a telescopic baton. The incident was filmed by one of those involved, and it was this video that the officer deleted shortly afterwards.
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Policeman receives notice for video deletion
