An internal investigation concluded that a trusted police chief in the South-West police district may have committed fraud or gross fraud in the service.
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Nevertheless, the case was never investigated as a possible criminal case.
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Chief of Police Hans Vik never sent the case to the Special Unit for Police Affairs, as the investigators suggested.
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Less than 3 hours ago
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Aftenbladet can today reveal what happened after the South-West police district in March 2018 received an anonymous warning about two police leaders in Stavanger. The accusations were so serious that the police chief decided that they should be investigated internally. Two experienced officials in Haugesund were asked to take on the task.
Eventually, the investigation was to focus exclusively on one of the two police chiefs. The fact investigators came on the trail of what they thought could be criminal offenses. Committed by a colleague. Possibly to enrich himself.
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