The area covers all work in order to prevent and investigate crime by youths. At least one of these factors shall be fulfilled in order for a youth to be considered as being in the risk zone. The A designation is used for people with a long criminal record and leads to special treatment in connection with selection review. The A designation can only be given by the National Police Board s main unit for criminal intelligence services. This area covers all the work with crime victims.
Crime victims are people who have directly or indirectly suffered as a result of crime.
Main guidelines 1. Every police officer should be allocated a personal area of responsibility. Such an area should primarily be geographical, although functional responsibilities may also exist the work shall focus on everyday crime within the community police area and on public order problems in the area where these exist. Youth crime shall as far as possible be handled by community police officers. The prioritised areas of violent crime and drug crime shall be paid particular attention, together with crimes of a racist nature the participation of the community police in emergency services shall be organised so that planned activities can be carried out effectively.