– It was shocking that it happened, that the police were here and that young people our age were upset and angry with the police. That’s what two young people told news after the police went to the Sirkus Shopping mall in Trondheim twice in one week. Here, young people use the center as a place to stay in their spare time, and many are unable to behave. Five young people have been banned from the shopping center for a year. Two of them have been reported to the police. Store employees have subsequently explained that they were hit and kicked. But who are these young people? And why do they behave like this? – Tolerating quite a bit Young people aged 12 and over use shopping centers to meet. – We adults have to start thinking that we should tolerate more and that it is no one’s responsibility to have a good youth environment, says Leiar for the outdoor unit in Trondheim municipality, Camilla Wright. Photo: Sunniva Skurtveit / news This is according to the manager of the outdoor unit in Trondheim municipality, Camilla Wright. – There are young people from all walks of life. There are young people trying to find a place to be, a place to belong. In several places in the country, young people use shopping centers for this very purpose. Wright said that young people hung out more in shopping centers and other public places at the beginning of the 2000s. After several years of “generation achievement”, computer games and the pandemic, the young people are now back at the shopping centre. – Then I will be incredibly shocked. We are a generation of adults who tolerate quite a bit. The frustration becomes quite big, very quickly, she says. The shopping center Sirkus Shopping is a hub for public transport in Trondheim. Here, young people from different parts of the city can meet. Photo: Sunniva Skurtveit / news Alti Tasta in Stavanger, Bystasjon in Bergen and Jessheim Storsenter are among the shopping centers in the country that have experienced similar challenges to the center in Trondheim. They still feel that most of the young people who now hang out at the shopping center are behaving. – But unfortunately there can occasionally be individuals who ruin others by making noise and not behaving, says the center manager in Stavanger, Birte Wiinberg. Measures implemented at shopping centres: Shopping centers around the country want to be a meeting place for both young people, but rarely experience that this can present challenges. In the wake of situations involving riots, violence and other incidents among young people, the shopping center has implemented several measures: Bergen Storsenter: Cooperation with the police, outside contact Strengthen staffing among security guards. Expulsion from the center if you do not behave. Remove seats that were used by youth gangs. Alti Tasta: Expulsion from the center if one does not behave. The length of expulsion varies according to the degree of seriousness Talk to the young people and their guardians. Cooperation with the police and the outdoor section in the municipality. Visible weights at the centre. Jessheim Storsenter: Dialogue with the young people concerned. Expulsion from the shopping center on the day in question. Cooperation with external contact and the police. Sirkus Shopping Reduced the size of seating areas and removed some seats. Increase security staff and visible security guards at the centre. Cooperation with the police and the outdoor section in the municipality. Deportation if necessary. Want to create drama news has chosen to let the two young people who meet at Sirkus Shopping be anonymous. – We hang out here because we don’t have much else to do and because it’s boring to be at home, the 15-year-olds explain. They know the gangs who didn’t behave in the shopping centre. – They want attention and they want something to happen. Since not much happens on a daily basis, they want to create a bit of drama. The 15-year-olds think it is no coincidence that this is precisely where it is happening. There are several people present at the shopping centre. That means more contributors and more people involved. To get more attention, the young people publish videos of the incidents on TikTok. – It is shared so that more people can see it. There is no other reason to post it than to go viral. To get lots of views. The police had to go to the shopping center in Trondheim twice in one week to deal with disturbances among young people. Photo: Morten Andersen / news Natural variation Head of the prevention section at the Central police station, Jan Erik Mihle, says that this type of behavior is part of the natural variation in youth groups in the city. This despite several episodes in the same place over the course of a week. There are streaks that come and go. – That’s how it’s been all these years. It is impulsive and unplanned. There is no danger of a resurgence, says Mihle. At the beginning of the 2000s, young people were out more, says Camilla Wright in the outdoor section in the municipality. – And then suddenly it’s back, and we adults can’t quite keep up. And then I get incredibly shocked. – This brings me together, but we must include and not shut out, says Wright. Trine Foosnæs, who collaborates to prevent Center managers at Sirkus Shopping in Trondheim, does not wish to exclude young people either, but has found herself forced to do so now. – The young people are not really a problem and I am very happy for all the young people in Trondheim, says center manager at Sirkus Shopping, Trine Foosnæs. Photo: Sunniva Skurtveit / news – We don’t see it as a very big problem. There are some individual young people who have created challenges for us, and who are now banned. She hopes that young people will continue to visit the shopping center and behave there. Together with other shopping centres, security companies, the police and the municipality, they have drawn up a strategy to prevent more such incidents. Together with the various shopping centers in the city, the security company and the police, Camilla Wright, head of the outdoor unit in Trondheim, held a collaboration meeting to prevent unwanted behavior among young people. Photo: Sunniva Skurtveit / news – It will be important to be present and have more frequent contact with the young people, says the center manager. Now they hope to be able to identify early who it is that creates challenges, so that there are no consequences for others than those concerned. – In short, it is unnecessary for them to go on like this, just to get attention. There are other things they can do, add the 15-year-olds at Sirkus Shopping.
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Young people hang out at the Sirkus shopping center in Trondheim and get banned – news Trøndelag
