New pilot project by the police and the local council

The police in the capital region and
The City of Hafnarfjörður have joined forces and established a partnership and
a development project which aims to enhance the cooperation of these parties in matters
children and adolescents. This is a one-year pilot project that is getting underway.
Now in mid-March and receives a grant from the Public Health Fund.

Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, police commissioner in
the capital region has spearheaded the project and has
The City of Hafnarfjörður has been involved in preparations for the past month. Sigríður Björk says
the experience is that interdisciplinary collaboration yields much greater results than when
Units work independently, and this is where crime prevention is carried out on a broad scale.
context. With this pilot project, the police will have the opportunity to do better in
issues concerning children and young people, and that these groups are high on the police's agenda. The project
involves close cooperation between the police and those who work on children's affairs and
youth services at the local council. These include child protection, domestic violence teams and
involvement in preventative work in primary and nursery schools, youth centres and
youth centre, to name but one. Birgir Örn Guðjónsson, a police officer,
is responsible for the project on behalf of the police but will be based at the Town Hall
Hafnarfjörður, Strandgata 6.

The Mayor of Hafnarfjörður, Rósa
Guðbjartsdóttir, celebrates this interesting innovation project and thereby increased
cooperation between the City of Hafnarfjörður and the police in the capital region. “This
The pilot project fits very well with our priorities in BRÚNNI, a project that has
has been in development for the last few months and involves responding to issues earlier and
Emphasis is placed on increasing services for families at an earlier stage.
The collaborative project between the police and the City of Hafnarfjörður also fits well with
the municipality's plans for a Child-Friendly Municipality, which will be developed in collaboration
with UNICEF,” says Rósa. 

^{Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, the Chief Constable of the Capital Region, presented the collaborative project at a meeting of the Family Council on 15 March.}

^{Birgir Örn Guðjónsson, a police officer, will be based at Hafnarfjörður Town Hall.}