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He sent the report to the Ombudsman Against Discrimination, DO, in the fall, something that Polistidningen and Hallands Nyheter, among others, had previously noted.
Varberg’s police officer Carl Svane believes that it is discriminatory that people with neuropsychiatric disabilities like ADHD do not have the right to become police officers.
The background is, among other things, question time on social networks, where thoughts about this have been recurring.
– I noticed that the question was huge and I started to read a bit. So it is clear in the Discrimination Law that you should not be discriminated against because of a disability, but when I read what is written on the police website, I interpret it as putting a stamp, a collective no thanks in general, he says.
Discussion hope
You expect your report to raise the issue, that there will be a discussion on the issue.
– We have come so far with investigating various diagnoses, it is out of date that this seal is maintained. They have not considered the possibility of how it would work with people with ADHD, for example. There are different spectra of how difficult a diagnosis is, some have learned to live with it and can work well, says Carl Svane.
However, add one thing:
– It is not about a person with a diagnosis getting a free card or sour cream in the profession, but if you just remove the restriction, you must go through the same selection as everyone else.
The police website says, among other things:
“Police work involves many special and unpredictable situations, in many different settings, where high demands are placed on what decisions to make and how to act. Therefore, police officers must not have medical conditions or illnesses that can be triggered or aggravated by work, for example, due to the need to take medication regularly. “
– It is about having to make an individual assessment. People can have different symptoms. I don’t buy a collective no-thank stamp, says Carl Svane.
Damberg (S) said no
Last summer, Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S) announced that there were no plans to change the admission requirements, according to Polistidningen.
When the DO comes with a message is not clear. On the same matter, the Armed Forces and the Swedish Recruitment Agency are conducting parallel supervision.
