Police update officers over strip searches, sports interest trends up for young children, landslide risk on coastal path and more news this Monday.
Police districts change rules on strip searches after complaints
Two police districts have issued tightened procedures on when it is appropriate to use strip searches after receiving complaints from the public, newspaper Berlingske reports.
Police are only allowed to use the invasive physical investigation if they have reasonable cause to believe a detained person is carrying illegal items such as weapons or drugs.
After several incidents where complaints were filed, both Copenhagen and West Copenhagen Police districts have now issued updated or reworded rules on strip searches.
Small children with active parents likely to take interest in sport
As much as 86 percent of small children aged 3-6 years whose parents exercise regularly are more likely to take part in sports themselves, according to a new study from Idrættens Analyseinstitut (Idan), a national sports research centre.
The number of small children whose parents are members of a sporting association has risen from 65 percent in 2020 to 78 percent in 2024, the study noted.
While 86 percent of small children with active parents attend a sporting activity, the figure is 70 percent for children whose parents do not engage in sports.
The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (Danmarks Idrætsforbund, DIF) said it welcomed the trend but is pushing for more participation in associations.
“Our ambition is for all children to be in a sports club. If we are to succeed in that, we need to work with some of the [daycare, ed.] institutions the children go to every day,” DIF’s head of development Karin Ingemann said in a statement.
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Nature trail closed due to risk of landslide
A nature trail near Esbjerg on the west coast of Jutland had been closed due to a risk of collapse, South Jutland Police confirmed to Ritzau.
The path in question is at Ho Bugt, a bay north of the west coast city linking two small towns, Hjerting and Sjelborg.
“There’s a path over the slope that goes right out to the edge,” the police stated. This section is at risk of collapse, with about 450 metres of the path closed off.
The situation is set to be reviewed by Esbjerg Municipality today, according to the report.
Most of Denmark saw heavy rain throughout last week, but more mild weather is expected moving into early November.
Fabled restaurant Noma sells products to amateur cooks
Noma, a beacon of gastronomy in Copenhagen, wants to carve a niche among home cooks by selling them some of its products.
The move was at least in part inspired by the difficulties it experienced during the Covid crisis.
“It is important that we are opening up to more than just 70 guests” at a time, Thomas Frebel, creative director of Noma Projects, told news agency AFP.
“Since I started in 2009… we were thinking, ‘Imagine you could buy this in the store,'” said Frebel, who works with chef and co-owner of the restaurant Rene Redzepi.
More on this story here.
