• "As before, but safer": The police’s evaluation of 14 months’ temporary arming of the police 

      Barland, Bjørn; Høivik, Julie; Myhrer, Tor-Geir; Thomassen, Gunnar (PHS Forskning;2022: 6, Report, 2022)
      Norway is one of the few countries in which the police are ordinarily unarmed. 2 Between 25th November 2014 and 3rd February 2016 this was not the case. Based on the Norwegian Police Security Service’s (PST’s) risk assessment, ...
    • Norwegian police students' attitudes towards armament 

      Fekjær, Silje Bringsrud; Strype, Jon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Whether the police should routinely carry firearms is an ongoing debate in Norway. Although the police can carry weapons under special circumstances, the normal situation for the police in Norway is to store firearms in ...