We wanted to find something fun after work. It was around six degrees below zero, so then we thought that it had been fun to go and ake a little bit, ” says innsatsleder by Heimdal police station, Ketil Stene to the Newspaper.
At half past five on the night of Friday he gathered thus colleagues to a akekonkurranse after nattskiftet in Trondheim. They found a steep hill that was closed for traffic, and in the absence of the sledges, they had to use what they had at hand. It was the Impulses which first publicized the case.
Politiskjoldene, which is usually used under more risky conditions than this, turned out to be the best option. All together there were 12 tjenestepersoner fighting to be the first across the finish line.
Police at Heimdal, Melhus and Klæbu let out the video of the session on Facebook, and the response did not wait on themselves.
International attention
In the course of the weekend several international media shared the video, including american ABC News, british Sky News, Daily Mail, The Australian and Malaysia News.
Stone says the police are completely overwhelmed by the response.
It’s completely wild, we had never imagined that it would get so much attention. We have 7000 followers on Facebook, and thought it could be a small fun thing for the local community.
He tells that it is important for them to offer themselves and show they are a little less serious sides of politihverdagen. In the police innbyggerundersøkelse for 2018 it was revealed that public confidence in the police was at the lowest level in four years. Stene believe and hope a little more easy-going videos as this will help to build trust, through showing people that the police are like most people.
– We are totally dependent on having a good dialogue with the public to do our job. We hope that it to see a slightly different side of the police can make it easier to take contact, ” he says.
Suspected of cheating
the Participants are not, however, entirely agree about who was the rightful winner of the contest. Stene contacted the first Centre police station and challenged them to a competition.
They reported the message stated, which was well staffed and decided to send some of the participants.
– those that sit on The message stated is pretty much always inside, and had brand-new and ripefritt equipment, in contrast to our. They slipped thus faster down and won both rounds. I’m not sure if we will invite them the next time, he laughs.
Shields do not take damage that you aker on them?
– No, these are solid cases that we use to protect ourselves in potentially dangerous situations, so they can withstand a støyt.
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