Udskældt chief back in police

Lykke Sørensen left in 2014, the Police Intelligence service (PET) in deep chaos after a number of years to have been a part of a leadership that had guided the secret service with the psychological terror and fear.

Now Ekstra Bladet can reveal that the 54-year-old lawyer is back in the police, where she has landed a position as police commissioner for the police in the national Police. Lykke Sørensen is thus responsible for approximately 650 employees and for the entities as the National Efterforskningscenter (NEC) National Cyber Crime Centre (NCC) and the National Forensic Center (NKC).

according to an internal orientation in the police, the Extra Leaf is in the possession of.

Lykke Sørensen was the legal officer of the PET from 2007 to 2014. In 2013 begins Extra Magazine to uncover how the work environment sailing in the intelligence services.

It culminates in January 2014, where an independent report from the consulting firm Cairo states that Lykke Sørensen is one of the main responsible for the cooperation between the management and the employees is severely off-track.

the report concludes, among other things, that she, together with former PET chief Jakob Scharf and head of administration, Mette Lyster Knudsen is the fault of a non-functioning board of management, hierarchical management with limited involvement, conflictual organizational culture, implementeringsbarrierer and lack of communication.

at the same time, it becomes established that the management style has gone out of intelligence work:

'Although, in relation to the police districts are better budget and resource conditions, as well as both loyalty and pride to the PET hampers samarbejdsproblemerne the productivity of the task.'

It will be Lykke Sørensen head of

National Beredskabsafdeling

National Beredskabsafdeling consists of two centers: the Center for surgery and Centre for the development. The department's primary task is to set the direction and governance, as well as coordinate and support the work of the police on the emergency response and crisis management, including through strategic analysis and development.

Also responsible for the National Beredskabsafdeling the strategic direction and development of services, development of politihundeområdet and manages all the long-term shows for international missions, which the Danish police is engaged in.

National Færdselscenter

the National Færdselscenter responsible Rigspolitiets tasks on færdselsområdet in close cooperation with the police districts. Færdselscenteret carries out the managerial and strategic tasks, which bl.a. related to the maintenance of a comprehensive set of rules and support of the police districts and tungvognscentrene with knowledge, new tools, education and new technology.

National Efterforskningscenter

the National Efterforskningscenter takes care of the prevention of crime, international efterforskningssamarbejde and monitoring, analysis and support of politikredsenes work with, in particular, organised crime and crime in international relations.

the National Forensic Center

the National Forensic science Centre carries out forensic investigations, such as fingerprints and dna.

National Cyber Crime Center

the National Cyber Crime Centre takes care of crime prevention and investigation in the it field, such as child pornography, hacking, harassment, security, economic and financial crime.

National Udlændingecenter

the National Udlændingecenter take care of tasks in immigration matters in relation to asylum, residence and udlændingekontrolområdet.

National Forebyggelsescenter

the National Forebyggelsescenter is the national contact point for the police forebyggelsesopgaver and tasks of politikredsenes community policing. In addition, the national secretariat for conflict councils and Rigspolitiets Offerrådgivningssekretariat placed in the centre.

Staff

Staff responsibilities in the HR and the economy, logistics and service, human resources, etc. Is the link to the Rigspolitiets broad features in the area.

Source: Police

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Professor Anders Case followed the case of samarbejdsvanskelighederne in the PET close. He is concerned that Lykke Sørensen will be responsible for such important units within the police force.

- of Course, of concern to an external observer on this very closed environment, but one can hope, that the management has thought well about, when it's all about so the critical thing, she must be the boss for, he says.

the Extra Leaf has been previously described how the staff in the PET and boss-colleagues have described Lykke Sørensen as knalddygtig lawyer, but the complete inappropriate to have a responsibility.

And it is precisely the part that worries the chairman of the Danish people's Party Peter Skaarup. He has previously asked questions in Parliament about the appropriateness of Lykke Sørensen in 2014 came over in the foreign office after the time in the PET.

- There is no doubt that she professionally is very clever, but seen in the light of the previous criticism of her you may well be worried about, she has the right staffing skills, he says.

according to the internal letter from the police is expected Lykke Sørensen to start in the new job 1. august.

the Extra Leaf has been in contact Lykke Sørensen. She writes in an email:

- The relation you are referring to is several years back, and I have no comments.

Lykke Sørensen will replace Lene Frank, who temporarily has had the position since august 2019, when the then director of policing, John Kofod was transferred after the scandal of the faulty and other countries.

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Several times in the line of fire

Here is the Extra Magazine's mention of the Happiness Sørensen's interference in the Eritrea report.

Lykke Sørensen has several times since his appointment in PET caused a stir.

After his time in the intelligence services she was in august 2014, the deputy director in the foreign office and was responsible for the controversial Eritrea report, where the two officials stood up and told how they had been pressured to reach a conclusion that asylum-seekers from Eritrea could be sent home.

Lykke Sørensen has recently been in the media again. As a former manager and general counsel for Aliens affairs and Integration, she has been a key witness in the so-called instrukskommission, who is investigating the former integration minister Inger Støjberg (V) and the authorities ' administration and the handling of the case of the separation of young asylpar.

During the period of ineligibility imposed has Lykke Sørensen told that she warned Inger Støjberg, that it would be illegal, if the minister maintained that separate all asylum seeking couples, without exception.

Lykke Sørensen said in august 2017, up in the immigration and integration ministry to be the director of the Center for Straffuldbyrdelse in Probation. She was also acting director of the Probation.

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the national Police: - no comments

Rigspolitichef Thorkild Fogde have twice downloaded Lykke Sørensen for a chefstilling. Photo: Philip Davali

Rigspolitichef Thorkild Fogde has been a familiar face among the danes, as he has on several occasions participated in press conferences during the coronakrisen. He has also been to choose Happiness Sørensen twice to chefstillinger. Led time in 2017, when Thorkild Fogde as the director of the Probation downloaded Lykke Sørensen for a position as director of the Center for Straffuldbyrdelse. Then he said to Berlingske:

- She is the best qualified.

And now repeat it himself in the national Police. Ekstra Bladet has, among others, asked the following question to Thorkild Fogde:

- Have the Police had the criticism into consideration, as Lykke Sørensen got in his time in the PET, where an independent report from the consulting firm Cairo stated that Lykke Sørensen was one of the main responsible for the cooperation between the management and the employees was run completely off the track?

From Rigspolitiets the press office is the answer, however:

Thank you for your enquiry but we don't have any comments at this stage.