Hege Grostad was tested against her will when she was pregnant. The police now apologize for sharing confidential information about her.
– On behalf of the East police district, I would like to apologize to the woman that we have shared confidential information with Eidsvoll municipality, says police chief Ida Melbo Øystese in a press release Tuesday.
Eastern police district accepts the fine that the Bureau believes they should have, for sharing information with Eidsvoll municipality.
VG has previously written that the Bureau believes the East police district should be fined NOK 80,000.
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Grostad was tested for alcohol under duress at Christmas 2021. She has previously argued for a more liberal drug policy.
When the municipality found out that she was pregnant, they wanted to test her, even though there were no indications that she was using drugs.
Grostad refused, and the municipality made a compulsory decision.
– I appreciate that they settle down, and am particularly happy that they are getting new routines in place. I hope that Øystese takes responsibility for ensuring that these new routines are also followed nationally, says Grostad to VG.
She calls the penance itself symbolic.
– It is a rather bland fine. It is a nice symbolic, but meaningless movement of money within the state.
She responds that only the police district as a unit receives the fine, and not the police officers who were responsible for the error. The report against them was filed by the Bureau as nothing criminal was proven.
– I would prefer to see that those who committed the service errors received a consequence. Because it should not be the case that the police get away with breaking the law. It is unfortunate for trust. It becomes more difficult to trust the police when you know they can get away with breaking the law. But the most important thing is that this does not happen again, says Hege Grostad.
