Police preparedness and strategic work

The plan demands a functioning and present justice system with more patrolling police and simultaneously establishes that restoring trust in the police requires major changes in how police operate. It also wants occupational groups authorized to use force to be scrutinized by effective and independent systems. A police review board and tightened requirements for governance, monitoring, and local work thereby align with the plan.

• police must changedecisive»Att återupprätta tilltron till polisen kräver stora förändringar av hur polisen arbetar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Restoring trust in the police requires major changes in how police operate.”
• present justice system»Kriminaliteten behöver mötas både med ett fungerande och närvarande rättssystem som fler patrullerande poliser, arbete mot narkotikahandel, kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crime needs to be met both with a functioning and present justice system such as more patrolling police, work against drug trafficking, fighting access to illegal firearms, and an effective exit programme”
• scrutiny of police»oberoende system för att granska de yrkesgrupper, till exempel polisen« (party programme ↗)“independent systems to scrutinize occupational groups, for example police”
• prevention before repression»För att få ner brottsligheten går det inte bara att vara hård mot de kriminella, det gäller att vara smartare än de kriminella.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To reduce crime, it is not just about being hard on criminals; it is about being smarter than the criminals.”

The election manifesto requires that society's full force be mobilized against criminals and that the number of police officers increases significantly with assured police presence throughout the country, in combination with preventive work. A special police preparedness task and an assignment to strengthen police strategic management, follow-up, and local work are means for the increased investment to actually deliver results. However, police management is not explicitly addressed in the plan.

• more police and local presencedecisive»Kraftigt öka antalet poliser på våra gator och torg. Vi vill säkra och stärka polisnärvaron i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of police officers on our streets and squares. We want to ensure and strengthen police presence throughout the country.”
• full force against crime»Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella, kapa återväxten in i kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's full force shall be mobilized to push back criminals, cut off the flow back into crime, and increase safety.”
• crime prevention work»För varje krona som läggs på fler poliser, ska minst en krona läggas på det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For every krona spent on more police, at least one krona shall be spent on preventive work.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to see more and better-paid police and the police to be given conditions to work both in criminal investigation and crime prevention, with preventive work as the foundation for security. A police inquiry and an assignment to strengthen governance, follow-up and local work are means to achieve that capability. The plan especially emphasises local preventive cooperation with schools and social services.

• more and better-paid policedecisive»se fler och bättre betalda poliser för att bekämpa den organiserade brottsligheten och för att motverka parallellsamhällen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“see more and better-paid police to combat organised crime and to counteract parallel societies.”
• police's conditions»Polisen ska ges förutsättningar att arbeta såväl« (party programme ↗)“The police should be given conditions to work both”
• prevention as foundation»minska marginaliseringen och utsattheten i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“reduce marginalisation and vulnerability in society.”
• local preventive cooperation»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst och stärka samarbetet med civilsamhälle så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna i det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease secrecy between neighbourhood police, schools, social services and strengthen cooperation with civil society so that no children fall between the cracks in prevention work.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan demands that security be improved throughout the country, that more everyday crimes be solved, and that the entire criminal justice chain be strengthened with more police present locally. A police commission and a mandate to strengthen police management, follow-up, and local work are means for precisely that performance requirement. The plan, however, does not comment on commission forms, which makes the conclusion a derivation.

• more solved crimesdecisive»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security must be improved throughout the country and more crimes affecting people in their everyday lives must be solved.”
• strengthened criminal justice chain»Vi behöver rusta Sveriges totalförsvar, stärka hela rättskedjan, satsa på förebyggande insatser och en likvärdig skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to equip Sweden's total defence, strengthen the entire criminal justice chain, invest in preventive measures, and equal schools.”
• locally present police»Fler poliser ska finnas närvarande i vardagen, både i utsatta områden och på landsbygden. Vi vill öka polistätheten till EU-snittet och öppna nedlagda polisstationer på nytt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police should be present in everyday life, both in disadvantaged areas and in rural areas. We want to increase police density to EU average and reopen closed police stations.”
• crackdown on gangs»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must not give way to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts, and the prison service, and harsher sentences.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that the justice system's ability and efficiency be improved so that more crimes are solved and that the police have high local presence throughout the country, while police density shall increase significantly. Strengthening the police's strategic planning, management and local work follows from these commitments. However, the form with a special police preparedness commission is not mentioned in the plan.

• more efficient justice systemdecisive»förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att handläggningstiderna kortas, fler brott anmäls och klaras« (party programme ↗)“ability and efficiency need to be improved so that processing times are shortened, more crimes are reported and solved”
• local police presence»Den nationella polismyndigheten ska ha hög lokal närvaro i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“The national police authority shall have high local presence throughout the country.”
• more police»Därför vill vi på sikt nå 33 000 poliser så att polistätheten blir minst lika hög som i övriga Europa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want to ultimately reach 33,000 police officers so that police density is at least as high as in the rest of Europe.”
• statutory crime prevention»Kommuners brottsförebyggande arbete ska lagstadgas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Municipalities' crime prevention work shall be enshrined in law.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto requires that the police's mission be clarified, since the police today focus far too much on things other than crime prevention, and that the police have close local presence. The plan bases police work on close and trusting contacts with the public and a locally rooted justice system. A police commission and a mission to strengthen governance, monitoring and local work are means for precisely these commitments.

• clarified police missiondecisive»Renodla polisens uppdrag. Polisen fokuserar idag alldeles för mycket på annat än brottsbekämpning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clarify the police's mission. The police today focus far too much on things other than crime prevention.”
• local police presence»Fler poliser med lokal närvaro« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police with local presence”
• trust between police and public»mellan polis och allmänhet ska utgöra grunden för ett« (party programme ↗)“between police and public shall form the foundation for a”
• locally rooted justice system»Det är också viktigt med ett lokalt förankrat« (party programme ↗)“It is also important with a locally rooted”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that the justice system is clearly underdimensioned, sets the target of 10,000 more police with focus on field work and wants to focus the police's mandate on detecting, investigating and solving crimes. That presumes precisely the better strategic leadership, follow-up and local work that the counter-proposal requires. However, establishing a special police committee is an organizational step that the plan does not mention.

• more police and local presencedecisive»Arbeta efter målet om 10 000 fler poliser till år 2028 med fokus på fler poliser i yttre tjänst« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work toward the target of 10,000 more police by 2028 with focus on more police in field work”
• focused police mandate»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Focus the police's mandate with emphasis on detecting, investigating and solving crimes”
• underdimensioned justice system»Svenskt rättsväsende är uppenbart underdimensionerat i förhållande till den kriminalitet som samhället drabbas av idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish justice system is clearly underdimensioned in relation to the crime the society suffers from today.”
• police should come in time»Ingen ska behöva vänta i flera timmar på att polisen kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No one should have to wait many hours for police to come.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that the police be given conditions to combat crime, that the authority be streamlined to crime-fighting close to the citizens and that all crimes are investigated with police throughout Sweden. A police inquiry and an assignment to strengthen strategic direction, follow-up and local work serve these commitments, especially when the reorganization has not delivered the promised results. The plan also wants to substantially strengthen the justice system.

• police conditionsdecisive»Ge polisen förutsättningarna för att bekämpa brottslighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the police the conditions to combat crime”
• streamlined police organization»I den mån det går att överlåta administrativa arbetsuppgifter till civil personal bör det göras i högre grad, samtidigt som polismyndigheten bör renodlas till att bekämpa brottsligheten och finnas nära medborgarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To the extent that administrative tasks can be transferred to civilian personnel it should be done to a greater degree, while the police authority should be streamlined to combating crime and being close to the citizens.”
• local police throughout the country»Utgångspunkten bör vara att alla brott, även sådana som inte skapar rubriker, ska utredas och att polisen ska finnas nära i hela Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The starting point should be that all crimes, including those that do not make headlines, should be investigated and that the police should be present throughout Sweden.”
• upgraded justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure investments for a substantially upgraded justice system”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.