The Government wants it to become more attractive to become a police officer and announced over a year ago that new police officers will be able to have their student loans repaid or written off. Now, an investigator has come up with proposals on how it will work.
To be able to receive any compensation, you must have worked as a police officer for at least three years after the basic training, within a framework of eight years.
To get the police education fully paid, you must have worked as a police officer for eight consecutive years from the day after the studies are completed.
We reward those who stay in the profession, says investigator Jonatan Wahlberg.
Applies from 2024
He thinks that the best compensation option is for CSN to write off the loans, as it means fewer moments and is seen as more efficient.
The reforms are proposed to come into force on January 1, 2027. But they will apply to student loans that have been paid out from the autumn term 2024.
The police education is five terms, where four are at the university and the fifth is practical field training in the form of service as a aspirant, with aspirant salary.
Half a billion
When fully implemented, it is estimated to cost half a billion kronor per year to write off the loans for the first four terms, for the police officers who meet the conditions.
Is it too few who apply for the police profession today?
In recent years, we have seen that the curves are turning, that more and more qualified people are applying for police education. At the same time, we see a long-term growth need that is extensive. We must in various ways contribute to strengthening the attractiveness of the profession, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (The Moderate Party).
”Critical professions”
On the question of whether it is fair that police officers get their education paid for, but not, for example, social workers who also have an important task in preventing serious violence and stopping new recruitment, Strömmer replies:
This reflects a serious security situation and our need to long-term ensure a skills supply into critical professions, and it is clear that the police are such a profession.
The proposal is now being sent for review.
