The Home Guard will assist the police at several oil and gas plants – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio

In the last week, the preparedness at Norwegian oil and gas facilities has been increased following the supposed sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. On Sunday, the police districts in West, South-West and Møre and Romsdal agreed to their requests for assistance from the Home Guard to guard the facilities. The Home Guard is in place from tomorrow, Monday, informs the Deputy Chief of Police in Møre and Romsdal, Ingar Farstad, to news. Ingmar Farstad is deputy police chief in Møre og Romsdal. Photo: Alf-Jørgen Tyssing / news – Initially, this applies to the gas plant at Nyhamna in Aukra. I cannot say anything specific about what the Home Guard will do, but primarily the Home Guard will contribute with guarding. Also in Vestland, the Home Guard can quickly be in place at Mongstad in Alver and Kollsnes in Øygarden, confirmed chief of staff Gustav Landro in the West police district to news. – We will get assistance to secure the two facilities, then we will see how long it lasts. They act on behalf of the police and will be armed, says Landro. The Home Guard will replace the stationary police forces around the facilities, while there will still be mobile police patrols in the areas, he says. He meets the Home Guard on Sunday afternoon to agree the details. In the Sør-Vest police district, it is the facility at Kårstø in Tysvær in Rogaland that applies, writes VG. Wants guard duty The district commander of HV11, Lieutenant Colonel Knut Are Bakke, confirms that they have agreed to the request from the police in Møre and Romsdal. Also at Tjeldbergodden in Aure municipality in Møre og Romsdal, it may be appropriate to ask the Home Guard to contribute, but in the first instance this applies to Nyhamna, says Farstad. – This of course applies to safety, but at the same time this helps to make people safer. We have of course registered that there is unrest in the population, says Farstad to news. The Home Guard is a national preparedness and response force consisting of 40,000 soldiers spread over 11 HV districts.



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