Questioning Norwegian Societal Security Efforts – Police-Military Cooperation in National Crisis Management

• In Event: Poster Session

Abstract

This poster will bring forward some theoretical aspects about a project starting up this autumn:
The changing security landscape of the post-Cold War era has given rise to an unclear distinction between internal and external security affecting boundaries between the roles and responsibilities of various security providers in liberal democracies. Easton et al. (2010) suggest that boundaries can become blurred in complementary or competitive ways. Returning to policing, unclear and disputed roles and responsibilities paved the way for the “police as extended family” idea, whereby the police cooperate with other policing actors. In the wake of the severe terrorist attack of 22 July 2011, serious shortcomings in the Norwegian emergency response system were identified. Calls were made to improve and strengthen operative capacity and cooperation between the police and the Armed Forces. The demand of cooperation challenge us in different ways. The poster will highlight Challenges in cooperation between special units in the police and Armed Forces which looks at some major challenges to, and repercussions of, the Norwegian Entry Team Delta’s cooperation with Norwegian Special Forces

Author

• Bjorn Barland, Norwegian Police University College