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NORWEGIAN POLICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

The Police Leadership and Innovation Conference Manchester, 14th and 15th November 2011

The case: The Norwegian Police

Rune Glomseth

Norwegian Police University College


Agenda: New Public Leadership: The Norwegian Police 2011-2012

1. Reforms, NPM NPL and The Norwegian Police

2. 22th of July 2011 – the terroraction in Oslo and at Utøya (the island)– A turning point in the Norwgian society– A turning point for the police in Norway

3. The major leadership challenges for the police in Norway


Trends of development in Norway the last thirty years

•General: Public Management reforms is usually thought of as means to 1. Produce cheaper public services2. Improving the quality of public services3. More efficient government4. Enhance political control

Norway•A strong restructurering of the public sector the last three decades

• Norway – ”the reluctant reformer”• Restructuring and focus on management and leadership• NPM have not been the one and only answer

• Still there are a strong demand for reforms in The Norwegian public sector • To develop the ability to innovate and change at all levels of government• And the four point above will continue, but the ideas from NPM are strongly questioned• Can post NPM or NPL give the answers?

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Reforms in the Norwegian Police

•The Police-reform 2000 – some points• Restructuring: from 54 to 27 policedistricts January the 1th 2001 and..• More focus on management and leadership – professionalising police leadership• Developing performence indicators – scorecard and performance management• The Police reform has meant some improvements, but it has not met the demands for more quality

and efficiency

•The Police Result Reform 2010 – 2013 – some main points• Background: a wide analysis of the police in 2010• Restructuring the police -fewer and bigger police districts – centralization• Restructering within every police district – fewer policestations and fewer departments • Centralization of some administrative tasks• More efficient police service• Better quality• Better coordination• More sustainable police districts• Improve interaction with the citizens and the neighbourhoods

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The Norwegian Government Buildings before the explotion

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The car with the bomb placed near to the entrance

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Oslo (the bomb) and Utøya (the killings). Distance: approx 50 km

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Oslo; view of city, 30 minutes after the explotion of the bomb

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The Norwegian Government Buildings after the explotion

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Oslo, 22th July 2011


Terror in Norway – a turning point?


Utøya – Police Photoes from the Investigation

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69 killed and approx 60 casualties


Utøya The Government Building

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In total:

77 dead

250-255 injured


This was a terrible situation and a tremendous challenge

Some questions

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Was the police prepared to tacle a situation like this?

organized, educated, trained, equiped

How was the policeoperations coordenated?

How did the police cooperate with the army?How did the police cooperate with paramedics and hospitals?

How can the police improve?

What can be done to prevent a terrorsituation like this to happend?

NORWEGIAN POLICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGEThe investigation

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Assistent SIO: Police Superintendent Egil Kulseth SIO: Police Superintendent John Roger Lund


Challenges establishing the 22/7 Unit

•Leadership and management•Organizing the investigation•Structure - projects•Communication•Personell – recruiting the best and a sufficient number•Resources, mamdate•Offices•Equipement•Media


The Investigation – some numbers

145 CIDs working the Oslo-case

The investigation is organized as a project with 15 subprojects

The suspect interogation – until now approx 130 hours (medio nov 2011)

Approx 300 witneses

Information – approx tips 1500

Videotape approx 55 000 hours from 185 cameras


Some reactions:

- Considerable increase in budget to the police

- The Minister of Justice left office

November the 11th.

- A new name

From: The Justice- and Police Departementet

To: The Justice and Emergency Department

This is a very strong signal

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Resourses for the investigation Encrease in budget to The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) , Encreased budget to the policehelicopter service Encreased budget to the antiterrorpolice


The main challenges

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Knowledge based policing

(1) Enhance security and safety(2) Fight crime by problemoriented policing

Public safety – improving police operational emergency in every police district

Restructering within the police districts changes and leading change building a good and common culture develop effective coordination systems

Further develop cooperation with local governments, the public, NGOs


To summerise the challenges

(1) Internal organizational development within the police districts.

• That mean change the structure, make bigger units, develop the management processes, effective leadership. How can police leadership improve is a very important subject, see under.

(2) After the crucial events on July the 21th, there is very much focus and

leadership, organizing the police, operational competence, coordination of police and police emergency management

(3) To further develop cooperation with local governments, the public,

NGOs and others to prevent and fight crime and to ensure safety. How to develop partnerships to prevent crime and disorder.

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The development of the police as an organization?

High

Inte

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l co

mp

lexi

ty

Low

LowExtern complexity

High

Police as asimple structure

Police as asimple structure

Police as a machine

bureaucracy

Police as a machine

bureaucracy

Police as a professional organization

Police as a professional organization

Police as a matrix-organi-sation

Police as a matrix-organi-sation

Networkpolice

Networkpolice

The new and modern police

The new and modern police

Rune Glomseth, 12.11.11

Exspert police

Exspert police

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Thank you

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