2026-04-152025/26:JuU16 · p.1JuUJustice
The Police's Mission and Objectives
Police focus on organised crime and violence in close relationships
What's at stake: The outcome affects how much weight is given to preventive and long-term equality-building work compared with repressive measures in the fight against gang crime and violence in close relationships. It concerns the safety of people in vulnerable areas and of those affected by violence in close relationships, as well as how resources are divided between police work and broader social measures.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the Police Authority's current resources, tools and priorities against organised crime and violence in close relationships are sufficient, or whether the government should take new initiatives - including a principle of matching every krona spent on the justice system with an equal amount on preventive and equality-building measures.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions. It notes that the Police Authority has in recent years received both resources and new tools to combat organised crime on a scale not seen before, and that reports suggest these efforts are making a difference. The committee also notes that violence in close relationships is already being addressed by the government and the Police Authority. Given the work already under way, the committee considers there is no reason to take a new initiative.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S)
The reservation (S) holds that criminal policy should be based on people's fundamental need for security and safety, with two priorities: reversing the growth of gang crime and organised crime, and combating men's violence against women. According to the reservation, the government should ensure that repressive measures are evaluated and supplemented with long-term equality-building and crime-preventive efforts - including breaking up segregation in vulnerable areas - and a new principle introduced whereby every krona spent on the justice system is matched by an equal amount for preventive work.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: MPMiljöpartiet, VVänsterpartiet
Ja 182–92Ja 149–125
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 18/0/0/4 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | No | No 0/91/0/15 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| MP | No | Yes 15/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/20/4 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 13/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 56/0/0/10 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| SD | Yes | Yes 61/0/0/9 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
Committee proposal
Parliament (Riksdagen) rejects the motions 2025/26:3581 by Ulrika Liljeberg et al. (C) demand 6 and 2025/26:3586 by Teresa Carvalho et al. (S) demands 2-4.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2025/26:3581 av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C) yrkande 6 och 2025/26:3586 av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S) yrkandena 2-4.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected 215 proposals in motions from the ordinary parliamentary motion period 2025 concerning police matters. The proposals dealt with matters including the police's mission and objectives, how the police are organized, prioritization of different types of crimes and the police's powers and working methods. Parliament refers inter alia to ongoing investigation and preparation work.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to establish a principle where for every unit spent on the justice system an equal amount is allocated to preventive work. (S) — Reservation 1
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The election manifesto makes fighting the deeper causes of crime - class society, segregation, and lack of faith in the future - its main line and warns against repression being highlighted instead of problems being solved.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto makes fighting the deeper causes of crime - class society, segregation, and lack of faith in the future - its main line and warns against repression being highlighted instead of problems being solved. The counter-proposal's demand that repressive measures be evaluated and matched by preventive, equality-creating measures is exactly that prioritization. That men's violence against women should be prioritized is also an explicit commitment.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet gör kampen mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker – klassamhället, segregationen och bristen på framtidstro – till huvudlinjen och varnar för att repression lyfts fram i stället för att problemen löses. Motförslagets krav på att repressiva åtgärder utvärderas och matchas av förebyggande, jämlikhetsskapande insatser är precis den prioriteringen. Att mäns våld mot kvinnor ska prioriteras är också ett uttalat åtagande.
- combat the causes of crimedecisive»men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker – klassamhället, segregationen, rasismen på arbetsmarknaden, trångboddheten och bristen på framtidstro.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“but above all with a fight against the deeper causes of crime - class society, segregation, racism in the labor market, overcrowding, and lack of faith in the future.”
- repression is not enough»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Too often repression and harsh measures are lifted up as solutions instead of tackling the problems seriously.”
- preventive criminal policy»Vägen till ett samhälle med låg brottslighet går genom en genomtänkt« (party programme ↗)“The way to a low-crime society goes through thoughtful”
- stop men's violence against women»Det är ett samhällsansvar att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor, inte en möjlighet för privata bolag att göra vinst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is a social responsibility to stop men's violence against women, not an opportunity for private companies to make a profit.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan states the principle that for every krona spent on more police, at least one krona shall be spent on preventive work, which is exactly the matching principle the counter-proposal requires.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states the principle that for every krona spent on more police, at least one krona shall be spent on preventive work, which is exactly the matching principle the counter-proposal requires. It also requires that both crimes and the causes of crime be combated and that men's violence against women be met with action. Criminal policy shall moreover rest on evidence, which supports the demand for evaluation of repressive measures.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast principen att för varje krona till fler poliser ska minst en krona läggas på det förebyggande arbetet, vilket är exakt den matchningsprincip motförslaget kräver. Den kräver också att både brotten och brottens orsaker bekämpas och att mäns våld mot kvinnor möts med krafttag. Kriminalpolitiken ska dessutom vila på evidens, vilket stödjer kravet på utvärdering av repressiva åtgärder.
- krona for krona to preventiondecisive»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.”
- crimes and causes»Bekämpa både brotten och brottens orsaker.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat both crimes and the causes of crime.”
- against men's violence against women»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action to stop honour-related violence, sexual offences and men's violence against women.”
- evidence-based criminal policy»Kriminalpolitik byggd på evidens, effektivitet och rättssäkerhet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy built on evidence, efficiency and due process.”
The plan makes crime prevention work the main track and wants to make major investments in preventive measures in socioeconomically deprived areas and break down school and housing segregation.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan makes crime prevention work the main track and wants to make major investments in preventive measures in socioeconomically deprived areas and break down school and housing segregation. It also demands action against men's violence against women. The counter-proposal's two priorities and the demand that repressive measures be complemented by long-term preventive and equality-creating measures therefore correspond to the plan's own commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen gör det brottsförebyggande arbetet till huvudspår och vill storsatsa på förebyggande insatser i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden samt bryta skol- och bostadssegregationen. Den kräver också krafttag mot mäns våld mot kvinnor. Motförslagets två prioriteringar och kravet på att repressiva åtgärder kompletteras med långsiktigt förebyggande och jämlikhetsskapande insatser motsvarar därför planens egna åtaganden.
- prevention in deprived areasdecisive»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make major investments in preventive work in socioeconomically deprived areas.”
- prevention prioritized»Förebyggande insatser ska prioriteras« (party programme ↗)“Preventive measures shall be prioritized”
- break segregation»Vi vill minska skol- och bostadssegregationen och skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle,« (party programme ↗)“We want to reduce school and housing segregation and create a more inclusive society,”
- counter men's violence against women»Miljöpartiet vill se krafttag för att mäns våld mot kvinnor, hedersförtryck, sexhandel och« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants to see action to counter men's violence against women, honour-based oppression, sex trafficking and”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan requires both that the entire justice chain be strengthened and that preventive measures be prioritised, and identifies gang crime and men's violence against women as the two major priorities—the same two as the counter-proposal.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires both that the entire justice chain be strengthened and that preventive measures be prioritised, and identifies gang crime and men's violence against women as the two major priorities—the same two as the counter-proposal. It also sees segregation and exclusion as a driver of crime. The mechanical principle of pound for pound lacks support in the plan, but the substantive direction is shared.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver både att hela rättskedjan stärks och att förebyggande insatser prioriteras, och pekar ut gängbrottsligheten och mäns våld mot kvinnor som de två stora uppgifterna — samma två prioriteringar som motförslaget. Den ser också segregation och utanförskap som en drivkraft bakom kriminaliteten. Den mekaniska principen om krona för krona saknar stöd i planen, men sakinriktningen delas.
- justice chain and preventiondecisive»Vi behöver rusta Sveriges totalförsvar, stärka hela rättskedjan, satsa på förebyggande insatser och en likvärdig skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to strengthen Sweden's total defence, strengthen the entire justice chain, invest in preventive measures and an equitable school.”
- men's violence against women is prioritised»Förebyggande åtgärder mot mäns våld mot kvinnor ska genomsyra hela samhället och män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preventive measures against men's violence against women shall permeate society, and men who hit shall not get away.”
- prevent gang recruitment»För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and harsher penalties.”
- break down segregation»Även i städerna pågår det en klyvning på grund av segregation och utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Even in the cities there is a division due to segregation and exclusion.”
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 party programme establishes that a social liberal criminal justice policy combines crime-fighting with broad preventive work, and the election manifesto makes gang crime and men's violence against women into main questions with the goal that no deprived area shall exist in 2030.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme establishes that a social liberal criminal justice policy combines crime-fighting with broad preventive work, and the election manifesto makes gang crime and men's violence against women into main questions with the goal that no deprived area shall exist in 2030. The counter-proposal's two priorities and its requirement for preventive measures and broken segregation thus lie in the plan's direction. The proposed krona-for-krona principle, however, has no support in the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet slår fast att en socialliberal rättspolitik förenar brottsbekämpning med ett brett förebyggande arbete, och valmanifestet gör både gängbrottsligheten och mäns våld mot kvinnor till huvudfrågor med målet att inget utsatt område ska finnas 2030. Motförslagets två prioriteringar och dess krav på förebyggande insatser och bruten segregation ligger därför i planens riktning. Den föreslagna krona-för-krona-principen har dock inget stöd i planen.
- crime-fighting plus preventiondecisive»En socialliberal rättspolitik förenar brottsbekämpning med ett brett förebyggande arbete samt med en kriminalvård som ger individen förutsättningar att bryta med en kriminell livsstil.« (party programme ↗)“A social liberal criminal justice policy combines crime-fighting with broad preventive work and with criminal care that gives the individual conditions to break with a criminal lifestyle.”
- break segregation»Vårt viktigaste mål är detta: Sverige ska år 2030 inte ha ett enda utsatt område.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our most important goal is this: Sweden shall by 2030 not have a single deprived area.”
- stop men's violence against women»Mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men's violence against women shall cease.”
- early measures against youth crime»Tidigare, tydligare och tuffare insatser för att förebygga och förhindra att unga glider in i brottslighet måste till.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Earlier, clearer and tougher measures to prevent and stop young people from sliding into criminality are essential.”
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 most important way to combat criminality is through preventive measures, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand that repressive measures be complemented with long-term preventive work.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that the most important way to combat criminality is through preventive measures, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand that repressive measures be complemented with long-term preventive work. The election manifesto prioritizes family and association-based crime prevention, and the plan identifies men's violence against women as the ultimate expression of lack of equality. That the plan simultaneously wants to expand the entire justice system makes the link krona for krona less certain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att det viktigaste sättet att bekämpa brottslighet är genom förebyggande insatser, vilket är kärnan i motförslagets krav på att repressiva åtgärder kompletteras med långsiktigt förebyggande arbete. Valmanifestet prioriterar familje- och föreningsbaserad brottsförebyggning, och planen pekar ut mäns våld mot kvinnor som det yttersta uttrycket för bristande jämställdhet. Att planen samtidigt vill bygga ut hela rättsväsendet gör kopplingen krona för krona mer osäker.
- prevention before repressiondecisive»Det viktigaste sättet att bekämpa brottslighet är genom förebyggande insatser« (party programme ↗)“The most important way to combat criminality is through preventive measures”
- crime-preventing family support»Förebygg brott genom att stärka familjerna och föräldraansvaret och göra det obligatoriskt med föräldrastöd i alla Sverige kommuner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent crime by strengthening families and parental responsibility and make parental support mandatory in all Swedish municipalities.”
- combat men's violence against women»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för brist på jämställdhet.« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is the ultimate expression of lack of equality.”
- expanded justice system»Hela rättsväsendet behöver byggas ut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The entire justice system needs to be expanded.”
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 most effective crime-prevention measure in the short term is to put more gang criminals in prison, and that the justice system is obviously underdimensioned and must be expanded with 10,000 more police.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that the most effective crime-prevention measure in the short term is to put more gang criminals in prison, and that the justice system is obviously underdimensioned and must be expanded with 10,000 more police. A principle that ties every krona to the justice system with an equal amount to prevention work would stifle precisely that expansion. The plan admittedly wants the largest crime-prevention reform package in modern times, but without such a matching rule.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att den mest effektiva brottsförebyggande åtgärden på kort sikt är att sätta fler gängkriminella i fängelse, och att rättsväsendet är uppenbart underdimensionerat och måste byggas ut med 10 000 fler poliser. En princip som binder varje krona till rättsväsendet vid lika mycket till förebyggande arbete skulle strypa just den utbyggnaden. Planen vill visserligen ha det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid, men utan sådan matchningsregel.
- prison as crime preventiondecisive»På kort sikt är den mest effektiva brottsförebyggande åtgärden att sätta fler gängkriminella i fängelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the short term, the most effective crime-prevention measure is to put more gang criminals in prison.”
- underdimensioned justice system»Svenskt rättsväsende är uppenbart underdimensionerat i förhållande till den kriminalitet som samhället drabbas av idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish justice system is obviously underdimensioned in relation to the crime that society is suffering from today.”
- 10,000 more police»Arbeta efter målet om 10 000 fler poliser till år 2028 med fokus på fler poliser i yttre tjänst« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work towards the goal of 10,000 more police by 2028 with a focus on more police in frontline service”
- crime-prevention reform package»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party therefore wants to carry out the largest crime-prevention reform package in modern times.”
The plan explicitly distances itself from focusing on preventive integration measures that have not been shown to work and wants instead to realign criminal policy towards zero tolerance and incapacitation.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly distances itself from focusing on preventive integration measures that have not been shown to work and wants instead to realign criminal policy towards zero tolerance and incapacitation. The counter-proposal's principle that every krona to the justice system should be matched with equal amounts to preventive and equality-creating work goes straight against that prioritization. The plan wants instead to significantly strengthen the justice system.
Original (Swedish)
Planen tar uttryckligen avstånd från att rikta fokus mot förebyggande integrationsåtgärder som inte visat sig fungera och vill i stället lägga om kriminalpolitiken till nolltolerans och inkapacitering. Motförslagets princip att varje krona till rättsväsendet ska matchas av lika mycket till förebyggande och jämlikhetsskapande arbete går rakt emot den prioriteringen. Planen vill i stället rusta upp rättsväsendet kraftigt.
- no to prevention as main trackdecisive»Istället för att bortförklara brott och rikta fokus mot förebyggande integrationsåtgärder som inte visat sig fungera, är det hög tid att lägga om den kriminalpolitiska inriktningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instead of explaining away crime and focusing on preventive integration measures that have not been shown to work, it is high time to realign the criminal policy direction.”
- zero tolerance and incapacitation»Sveriges kriminalpolitik behöver helt läggas om för att bygga på nolltolerans och inkapacitering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish criminal policy must be completely overhauled to build on zero tolerance and incapacitation.”
- strengthened justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure investment for a significantly strengthened justice system”
- significantly more police»Antalet poliser måste kraftigt öka för att både ha styrkan att slå ned den grova och organiserade kriminaliteten och kunna skapa trygghet med synlighet och ingripande i alla delar av samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The number of police must increase significantly to both have the strength to crack down on serious and organized crime and be able to create security with visibility and intervention in all parts of society.”
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- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:JuU16)
- Committee report full text (HD01JuU16)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:1003 — Lärdomar från Finland: jägare som del av landets krisberedskap av Magnus Jacobsson (KD)
- Motion 2025/26:1016 — Översyn av polisens strategi vid upplopp av Camilla Rinaldo Miller och Magnus Jacobsson (båda KD)
- Motion 2025/26:1017 — Slopat krav på anmälan av danstillställning av Daniel Persson (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:112 — Förstärkt skydd och ökade befogenheter för ordningsvakter av Angelica Lundberg (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1187 — En förenklad anmälningsprocess för företagare av Magnus Resare (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1220 — Rättspsykiatrin av Eva Lindh (S)
- Motion 2025/26:1236 — Utredning av behovet av att utveckla en nationell definition av brottsförebyggande arbete av Ingela Nylund Watz och Anna Vikström (båda S)
- Motion 2025/26:1277 — Sexualbrott av Josefin Malmqvist (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1279 — Skärpta insatser mot bidragsfusk av Josefin Malmqvist (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1348 — Återöppnande av de värmländska polisstationerna av Runar Filper (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1349 — Närhet till polis för en tryggare landsbygd av Runar Filper (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1365 — Åtgärder mot diskriminering i Polismyndighetens arbete av Dzenan Cisija (S)
- Motion 2025/26:1402 — Lättad sekretess mellan myndigheter för ett tryggare Sverige av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1407 — Topsningsregister av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1431 — Förstärkning av ordningsvakternas roll genom auktoriserade företag och skärpta krav av Mattias Ottosson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:1463 — Mängdbrott på större allvar av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage och Oskar Svärd (båda M)
- Motion 2025/26:1524 — Stärkt demokrati - mot hot och förföljelse av förtroendevalda, tjänstemän och minoriteter av Emma Ahlström Köster (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1562 — Inrättande av ett nationellt stalkerregister av Torsten Elofsson (KD)
- Motion 2025/26:1674 — Maskeringsförbud vid allmänna sammankomster och offentliga tillställningar av Katarina Tolgfors m.fl. (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1767 — Förenkling för utlandssvenskar att förnya sina svenska pass av Jan Ericson (M)
Source: The Swedish Parliament