[Opdateret efter arrangementet med Jason Kews præsentation, der kan findes på følgende link:
Gadejuristen holder halvdagskonference om politiarbejde efter afkriminalisering. Vi får besøg af to politibetjente fra England, der fortæller om deres syn på kampen mod narkotika. De suppleres af Vesterbros egen lokalbetjent Rud Ellegaard.
Derudover vil Gadejuristen overrække Anerkendelsesprisen, hvilket er en sjældenhed. I løbet af de 20 år siden stiftelsen af Gadejuristen er prisen kun blevet uddelt to gange tidligere.
Det hele sker i H15, Halmtorvet 15, 1700 København V. på torsdag d. 12. december 2019 fra kl. 9-13.30.
Deltagelse er gratis. Tilmelding kan ske til kontakt@gadejuristen.dk. Vi skal bede dig om at oplyse navn, titel/stilling og organisation ved tilmeldingen. Tilmelding sker efter først-til-mølle-princippet, så skynd dig
Dagens hovedoplæg bliver på engelsk og derfor er informationen herunder også på engelsk.
Conference: Policing after decriminalization
Copenhagen, December 12th 2019. H15, Halmtorvet 15, 1700 Copenhagen V.
Sign up by writing an email to kontakt@gadejuristen.dk. Please inform of us your name, tittle/occupation and organization.
Earlier this year the United Nations Chief Executives Board, representing 31 UN agencies published an unanimous common position statement calling on member states to decriminalize drug possession for personal use. The common position has also recently been adopted by the UN special agency on drugs (UNODC).
Decriminalization of drug users takes many different shapes in different jurisdictions. Among these are rules in Danish drug legislation exempting drug users with special social circumstances and severe dependency from being fined. The rules are however hardly ever used, and the new Danish government has proposed to issue ID-cards to secure vulnerable problematic drug users more help and dignity. In relation to the ID-card the prime minister has said, that the police should not use time and resources stopping them.
Such a change in drug policy means changes to the role of policing in drug law enforcement. But how will policing after decriminalization actually look? How big a change is it actually? Some police officers express concerns that decriminalizing drug users will hinder the investigation of organized drug crimes (non-user’s violations of drug laws), but is this a fact, does such concerns make sense?
Gadejuristen (The Street Lawyers) hereby invite people who use drugs, their relatives, police officers, decision makers, legal scholars, professionals in the field of drugs and other for a mini-conference trying to give answers and perspectives on these questions.
As part of the conference Gadejuristen will present the receipient of The Street Lawyers Appreciation Award, Anderkendelsesprisen, being awarded for the 3rd time.
Program:
- 08:30 – 09:00 Coffee and rolls
- 09:00 – 09:15 Welcome, by Nanna W. Gotfredsen, The Street Lawyers ED
- 09:15 – 10:15 Talks by Neil Woods and Jason Kew (in English)
- 10:15 – 10:30 Break with coffee and fruit
- 10:30 – 11:15 Questions and debate (in English)
- 11:15 – 11:30 Police officer Rud Ellegaard – policing in an open drug scene area (på dansk)
- 11:30 – 11:45 Award ceremony
- 11:45 – 12:30 Political debate (på dansk)
- 12:30 – 13:30 Sandwich and networking
Neil Woods: How did we get here? A commentary on the impact of policing drugs on Organized Crime. Neil Woods is a former undercover police officer, bestselling author of Good Cop Bad War, and Drug Wars with JS Rafaeli and board member of LEAP USA, chair of LEAP UK.
Jason Kew, Detective Chief Inspector, Thames Valley Police: ‘Why do we arrest people for possession of drugs? Jason Kew is career Detective, with 26 years of experience having invested crimes as kidnapping and murder. He has implemented a de-facto decriminalization and diversion scheme for possession of drugs and is currently working with health partnerships to reduce drug related deaths.
Rud Ellegaard, Police Constable, Copenhagen Police. Rud Ellegaard was employed in Copenhagen Police in 1982. He has worked his entire career in the Vesterbro area, currently in the capacity as local police officer (“Din Betjent”).