Five MPs—Per-Willy Amundsen, Hans Andreas Limi, Jon Engen-Helgheim, Hilde Grande, and Bengt Rune Strifeldt—proposed extending a pilot programme for decentralised police training in Alta, with annual intakes through spring 2028 and funding through the revised 2026 budget and future budgets. The proposers argue the pilot helps address recruitment challenges in northern Norway, particularly Finnmark. A committee majority from the Labour Party, Conservative Party, Centre Party, and Green Party recommended rejection, while members from the Progress Party, Christian Democratic Party, and Centre Party put forward alternative motions for continuation.
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Progress Party and Christian Democratic Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to ensure the pilot programme for decentralised police training in Alta continues at full scale, with new student cohorts admitted annually through spring 2028, to provide an adequate basis for evaluating decentralised police training going forward.
Progress Party and Christian Democratic Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to include costs for the pilot programme for decentralised police training in Alta in the revised 2026 budget and in future state budgets.
Centre Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to convert the decentralised police training in Alta to a permanent educational offering after the pilot concludes in 2028, with continuous student intake until the programme transitions to permanent operations.
Centre Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to expand police training in Alta with additional bachelor-level places and new programmes to meet the needs of the service in the three northernmost counties.
Committee recommendation: Document 8:84 S (2025–2026)—Private member's bill from MPs Per-Willy Amundsen, Hans Andreas Limi, Jon Engen-Helgheim, Hilde Grande, and Bengt Rune Strifeldt on extending the pilot programme for police training in Alta—is not adopted.