Errors in the police systems has meant that 669 persons have been connected on the cases, they have been a part of.
Errors in the police systems has meant that 72 persons have been registered as charged in the cases, they have not been a part of.
The state Police in a press release.
Overall, the police have found 669 persons who have been associated with cases of which they have not been a part of.
It can be, for example, as a party in a traffic accident, the notifier of a crime or as a witness. And in 72 cases, therefore, recorded charged.
It is quite specific errors in the police case management system, Polsas, which has meant that there are registered people in the wrong cases. There are found errors in the period 1993 to 2020.
– It is wrong, we very much regret. The errors are a result of sagsbehandlingsfejl, there could and should be avoided, says rigspolitichef Thorkild Fogde.
– the Police look at the handling of citizens ‘ data very seriously, and we have therefore put a thinking in time, which must ensure that the errors be corrected and that we will get the necessary overview.
– in Addition, we have initiated a number of measures to ensure that it does not happen again, he says in a press release.
Errors have occurred in cases, where the police at the beginning of a case does not know the identity of all persons. It can be in a traffic accident – for example, a witness or notifier.
In the cases in the police systems coupled with the unknown persons on one number – ONE number – since one does not know the social security number.
When the police have got clarity over the matter and the persons who have been involved, their social security number is coupled with the ENR number.
But the police, the caseworkers have reused ENR-numbers, and when the police have got the overview of the case, is wrong people have been connected to the wrong cases.
Police could not yet provide information on google finally, the extent. It can not be excluded that there are more people who have been affected. Police expect to have a follow-up ready before the summer recess.
set up a working group to ensure that all bugs are fixed.
in Addition, the police have tightened practices for the registration of cases for all police districts.
/ritzau/
