Roger Andresen (born 1951) is a Norwegian

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who has been the deputy

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and leader of the public order department of

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since 1995. In 2011 Andresen was investigated by the special unit for police matters suspected of incompetence with regards to the handling of the Nygaard case. Andresen was found not guilty, but the investigation confirmed that many tactical and juridical mistakes were done. Andresen was the acting police chief in

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during the

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(

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). As deputy chief, he was in many years the boss of

Eirik Jensen Eirik Jensen (born 30 July 1957) is a Norwegian convicted felon and former policeman who was found guilty of drug trafficking and corruption in 2017. Jensen was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the maximum determinate penalty allowed by Norwegia ...

, a senior police officer in Oslo. Jensen, who in 2017 was sentenced to 21 years of prison for aggravated

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, and possession of illegal weapons. Andresen was called as a

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by the

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and testified that he was not aware of any corruption surrounding Jensen.

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