Fewer empty seats with lower intelligence requirements – Sveriges Radio

– It only confirms that this is a panic measure, and that it had not been able to fill the seats in the autumn of police training if they had not lowered the requirements. It says Police Federation chairman Lena Nitz.

As the Echo reported last week has talent requirements lowered for entering the police academy. Previously required at least four on the nine-point scale on police training aptitude tests. Enough with the third.

Recruitment Agency in charge admission to the police academy, has echoes The bill compiled the results for those who searched for police training starting in autumn, the first litter police students adopted by the lower requirements.

550 seats to be filled in the autumn and the candidates who made it through the entire admission process, only 360 lived up to the old talent requirements and received a four or higher on the test.

This means that 190 seats , more than a third of the seats had been empty if the requirements had not been reduced.

Police Union is one concerned that so many places are filled by requirements have been reduced.

– The fact that these tests are’re a basic requirement. It is clear that if you do not meet the requirements will be the consequences in terms of the possible need greater support when you come out as pre police, says Lena Nitz.

– We need a police raise and raise wages so that they are recruiting and allowed the officers to stay. It ends the more police officers than ever and we need to create an overall strategy for how the police force should be attractive, says Lena Nitz.

But the police HR and skills department believes that the reduced intelligence requirements does not mean that it has become easier to become a police officer.

– Through this process, we have received more applicants to choose from in order to be able to get the number of police officers we need to police the program. It says section manager Bengt-Ake Nilsson.

– You can see everything in a whole process, from the time you submit your application to the time you are employable as the police. The entire I look like one long recruitment process involving a number of stations, says Bengt-Ake Nilsson.

Carl V Andersson
carl.v.andersson@sverigesradio.se