The Police Record System (POLSAS)
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
ID as CPR code (the central personal register) makes it possible to identify gender through the CPR code.
Relationship with victim
This means that this kind of information is not recorded by this data source.
Re-offending
Witness
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
ID as CPR code (the central personal register). It is possible to identify gender through the CPR code. Sometimes CPR codes on witnesses are not registered. Phone number might be registered instead.
Relationship with victim/perpetrator
Incident description by witness
Children witnessing IPV incident
Incident
Code system used
- Police
Description of incident
- Date/time
- Harm/injuries
- Location
- Type of violence
Code for type of incident, date, time and address for where the incident occurred and date and time for the reporting the incident to the police.
Protection order
Protection orders, ban on residence and expulsion are registered.
Civil justice data
Incident respond resources
- Human resources
- Financial resources
- Other resources
Prosecution process
Stages of prosecution process
- Withdrawals of complaints
- Withdrawals of prosecution support
- N. of cases reported for each incident
- N. of cases initiated for each type of incident
- N. of cases referred to court
- Types of offense(s)
Date of when the case is send to court or to another police district is recorded. Date for completion in court with judgment, fine or withdrew charges will be registered. If one person is accused for more than one crime these cases are collected in a case complex. It will be indicated if a case is transferred to a case complex or if a case is transferred to another police district.
Defendant pleas/verdicts
- Guilty pleas
- Guilty verdicts
It is also registered if a case is completed with fine or if the charges have been withdrew.
Average time case through criminal justice system
Outcomes
Perpetrator
N. of cases resulting in arrest
Charged with more than one offense
Bail/remand
Remand (bail system does not exist).
Other
Average time for a case to move through the police system and also the court system can be calculated based on the information from POLSAS.
Victim
Death as result of incident
Characteristics
Storage System
- In paper form
- Electronically (single files)
- Electronically (database)
POLSAS (record number and specific data).
Frequency of updating
Quality assurance process
Department of Strategy and Research of the National Police follow up on the dimensional requirements and processing time. The department makes data extraction, and if anything looks unusual, it will be followed up. The department do also make evaluations of specific police areas. Each case manager and exploration manager in each police district is responsible for the registration. Officers are trained in registration and case management at the Police Academy.
Comparability
- Geographical
- Over time
- None
From 2001 and forward it is possible covering all police districts.
Timeliness
Immediately
The recording starts when the case is reported to the police. Then there will regularly be added new information on witnesses, perpetrators, prosecution and decision.
Current developments
No plans.
Relation with third parties
Reporter
- Victim
- Witness
- Offender