Candidates with Foreign Backgrounds Risk Being Overlooked for Police Training - Radio Sweden

Police candidates who are not suitable are not identified and there are no resources to scrutinise questionable candidates more closely. In addition, the selection method means that suitable candidates risk not being accepted, according to the National Audit Office.

Admission to police training has major shortcomings and this increases the risk that suitable candidates are rejected and unsuitable ones are admitted, according to the Swedish National Audit Office. “Our review shows that the admission process is currently not fully adapted to the police profession,” says Linda Jönsson, Audit Director.

Still not making it through the admissions process – despite diversity goals. "It could be that it's an archaic language."

The Swedish National Audit Office has examined admissions to police training and concluded that major changes must be implemented if the Swedish police are to live up to the demands for “diversity” and representation that politicians have set. Despite the fact that police training has already been simplified in several rounds, there is still great disapproval of the fact that women and people with an immigrant background are more often rejected …

Candidates with foreign backgrounds risk being overlooked for police training - Radio Sweden

There are serious shortcomings in the admissions system for police training programs, according to a new report from Sweden's National Audit Office.People ...

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