Thorkild Fogde (born 18 July 1965) is a Danish police officer and current commissioner of the Danish Police; he became national police commissioner on 1 March 2020, replacing Jens Henrik Højbjerg.[1]
Thorkild Fogde | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 18, 1965 |
| Education | Master of Law |
| Alma mater | Aarhus University |
| Police career | |
| Department | Police of Denmark |
| Branch | Rigspolitiet |
| Service years | 1 March 2020 - present |
| Rank | National police commissioner  |
| Badge no. | C0500 |
Early life
editFogde has a Master of Law degree from Aarhus Universitet from 1991. He is a former clerk for the Ministry of Justice and the Prime Minister's Office. He also served as a judge in the Court of Roskilde from 1993 to 1994.[2]
Police career
editIn 2009, Fogde was employed as a Politidirektør in North Zealand's Police and later in 2012 as the Politidirektør for Rigspolitiet. From 2013 to 2017 he was the Politidirektør for Copenhagen's Police.
In April 2017 he became the director for the Danish Prison and Probation Service.[1][2]
On 24 August 2022, Fogde was relieved from service following the 2020 Danish mink cull, and summoned to official interrogations and disciplinary hearings.[3] He was reinstated as the national police commissioner on 10 February after the preliminary inquiry had completed its official investigation, and concluded that no offence had been committed by him.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ny Rigspolitichef" [New Police Commissioner] (in Danish). Justitsministeriet. 26 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Rigspolitichefen | Virksomheden | Politi". politi.dk (in Danish).
- ^ "Ansættelsesretlig opfølgning på Minkkommissionens beretning". Justitsministeriet (in Danish). Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Vidkjær Stone, Sebastian (10 February 2023). "Rigspolitichef Thorkild Fogde er tilbage i tjenesten" (in Danish). Altinget. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.