– Shoot a cop, 2000 per head!

I’m going to kill you, just wait. I will find out where your ladies live and then I will rape your children. »

This is one of many threats recently received by the Oslo police officers.

TV 2 has read 38 indictments, all of which will be brought before the Oslo District Court this fall. Common to these is a possible violation of Penal Code § 155.

The section deals with “violence, threats, harm or other unlawful conduct against a public official.”

The penalty for this is a fine or imprisonment of up to three years.

Most of the people who have to go to court for this are also charged with other crimes.

– Unfortunately, we have part of this. This with insult by using insults, the patrols meet almost daily, says Tor Paulsen.

He leads the patrol section in the East unit in Oslo.

– It is a little less common with violence. In fact, we have had a slight decrease in reports of violence this year, but so far 223 cases of violence against police officers have been reported, and that is a high number, he says.

“Your little sadist”

TV 2 has selected some concrete examples of verbal threats and insults that have been made to police patrols in Oslo in recent months.

All examples are taken from the charges that will be brought before the Oslo District Court in the next two months.

I will stab you in the neck and kill you and your children.

In the 2020 Police Employee Survey, 21 percent say that while performing their duties they have been exposed to threats of violence in the past year.

75 percent of the cases occur during arrests. However, many police officers take precautions even when they are not at work.

Attacking the police: – Scary

– Six out of ten say that they take precautions for themselves and their families against violence and threats. That says a bit about the everyday life you find yourself in, says Sigve Bolstad, head of the Norwegian Police Association.

I’m glad i’m alive

Tor Paulsen, who leads the patrols east of Oslo, has worked in the police force since 1986. During his career, he has experienced a bit of everything in terms of threats and violence. Among other things, he was shot later, and today he is happy to be alive.

The various threats that will now be brought before the district court are of a very different nature.

You have screwed my lady, I know there is someone in the police who has screwed up and it is you.

– Will it be personal?

– No, it won’t. And I think it’s important to have that with you. We have a social mission and I think this is a problem for society as such. We will do the work on behalf of society, says Paulsen.

– Do most people know what you represent?

– No I dont think so. You have to go out and feel it in your body to have that feeling, he says.

You can’t find the brake tracks on your own panties once.

The Oslo District Court states that there have probably been many more indictments on § 155 than TV 2 has managed to find. The reason for this is that this section is often in addition to the most serious crimes.

Go to hell, you’re ugly in the hat, you little sadist.

The use of insults against the police is often affected by article 156 and is often punishable by a fine, not imprisonment.

– 2000 per head

One of the most serious threats among the 38 charges is that of a Swede in his 30s who is behind. He is currently detained in Oslo.

This threat was directed at two named police officers:

I’ll pay 20,000 crowns to the person who shoots you in the head. I’ll visit you at home and cut off your head.

The following day, the man is said to have made further threats against two other members of the police. On the way to the central break in Oslo, he is said to have yelled:

“Shoot a police officer, 2000 per head!” »

The events took place at the end of July this summer. In addition to being accused of violence against the police, the Swede is charged with drug offenses and damages.

Some of the allegations also describe threats made to officials outside the police, such as this statement to a case officer at NAV:

I will smash your knees so you can never walk again and smash your knees with a small hammer.

Another Oslo man in his 60s is due to appear in court in the fall for making the following threat to a Tax Administration employee:

If I do not receive the money you owe me by Monday, I will have to execute someone from the Tax Administration.

Attack with a knife

In addition to the serious verbal threats, some of the accused also resort to physical violence. Among other things, a man is accused of attacking the police with a knife in the Greenland camp in Oslo in January.

In the survey of Police employees, 11% responded that they have been victims of violence in the service.

More youth violence against the Oslo police

The January attack came after a patrol ran into the man in question in the city center shortly after they had driven him out of the area.

As mentioned above, most crimes occur in connection with arrests. The detained person is then handcuffed, while the legs are still free.

Of the 38 charges that TV 2 has access to, nine are accused of firing the police. Three people are said to have spat at the police, while one whipped a policewoman when the now accused was arrested.