DF wants guarantee against non-Danish police officers
URL: http://www.b.dk/politiko/df-kraever-garanti-mod-betjente-uden-dansk-statsborgerskab
Minister of Justice must – according to Danish People’s Party — guarantee that immigrants without Danish citizens should not be allowed to become police officers in Denmark.
DPP integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, calls Justice Minister Morten Bødskov (S) for a meeting in integration committee where the Minister asked for a guarantee that immigrants without Danish citizenship can not be policemen in Denmark.
This happens even after the Justice Minister quoted in today’s Berlingske that he rejected the radical (B) proposals to relax rules for police academy admission.
Martin Henriksen, Minister of Justice has clearly rejected the Radical proposals. Why is it necessary to have a guarantee?
- Because the Left before the election came with the same proposal, backed Social Democratic proposal up. Danish People’s Party was the only party that marked that we were clearly opposed. After the election, the Social Democrats against, but the Radicals still wished for it. We have previously observed that the Radicals could push the Social Democrats to change course. Therefore we would like to see the minister in the eye and ask him about a warranty.
With all due respect, it does not paranoid to claim a guarantee, when the Minister has already said no to the Radicals?
- Well, if past history was such that the Social Democrats have a tradition of putting the Radicals in place so you could call it a little paranoid. But now it is the Radicals, that puts Social Democracy in place in different contexts. We just want to be sure that the Social Democrats’ change of stand.
Why would it be so terrible if there are police officers without Danish citizenship?
- If you are a Danish police officer, the same unconditional loyalty lie with the Danish people. And we can be more confident that this is so, if the officer is a Danish citizen.There have been suggestions in the discussion that immigrants can not become police officers. But they may just become a Danish citizen.
But it’s not a tremendous distrust of the police to require such a guarantee – implied that the police can not weed out dubious candidates?
- No, I think it is a mark of respect. Danish People’s Party acknowledges that it is such an important work that we must be sure that when they hire someone in the police so that their loyalties lie with the Danish society. And the warranty is in citizenship.
