Security guard training

The plan points out that young people with foreign background are subjected to racism and police brutality and that trust requires major changes in how violent enforcement activities are conducted, and the party programme demands effective and independent systems to scrutinize the occupations that have the right to use force. The plan also requires increased knowledge within the justice system. An extended security personnel training with focus on grounds for discrimination, conflict handling and treatment of children follows directly from this.

• against brutality and racismdecisive»Många unga, särskilt med utländsk bakgrund, som bor i fattiga områden, utsätts även för rasism och övervåld från polisen, vilket blev tydligt i diskussionen kring Black Lives Matter-rörelsen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Many young people, especially with foreign background, who live in poor areas, are also subjected to racism and police brutality, which became clear in the discussion around the Black Lives Matter movement.”
• scrutiny of violent enforcers»oberoende system för att granska de yrkesgrupper, till exempel polisen« (party programme ↗)“independent systems to scrutinize the occupations, for example the police,”
• restore trust»Att återupprätta tilltron till polisen kräver stora förändringar av hur polisen arbetar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Restoring trust in the police requires major changes in how the police work.”
• increased knowledge in justice system»det behövs det fler poliser, ökad kunskap inom rättsväsendet om samtycke och om våld mot kvinnor och barn, och straff som gör att brotten prioriteras av rättsvårdande instanser« (2022 manifesto ↗)“more police are needed, increased knowledge within the justice system about consent and about violence against women and children, and sentences that make crimes prioritized by law enforcement”

The plan is explicitly anti-racist and requires that public authorities consider the equality of all before the law and observe objectivity and impartiality. Extended basic training with focus on grounds for discrimination, conflict management and treatment of children strengthens precisely this when security guards are given the right to use force. The plan also wants to significantly increase the number of police officers, which shows that security guards shall not replace trained personnel. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• anti-racist partydecisive»Socialdemokraterna är ett antirasistiskt parti« (party programme ↗)“The Social Democrats are an anti-racist party”
• equality before the law»beakta allas likhet inför lagen och iaktta saklighet och opartiskhet.« (party programme ↗)“consider the equality of all before the law and observe objectivity and impartiality.”
• lawful use of authority»Vi är lika inför lagbokens paragrafer och i våra myndigheter arbetar plikttrogna tjänstemän med hög integritet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are equal under the laws of the land and in our public authorities work conscientious officials with high integrity.”
• more police officers»Kraftigt öka antalet poliser på våra gator och torg.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of police officers on our streets and squares.”

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 structural discrimination and racism shall cease, that discrimination legislation be strengthened and that there is good civic oversight and diversity in law enforcement. That speaks for the counter-proposal's demand for longer security officer training with focus on grounds for discrimination, conflict handling and treatment of children. The plan prioritises more police before expanded security duties.

• combat structural discriminationdecisive»Strukturell diskriminering och rasism ska upphöra.« (party programme ↗)“Structural discrimination and racism shall cease.”
• strengthened discrimination protection»stärka lagstiftningen mot diskriminering och se över rätten till rättshjälp i diskrimineringsfall.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen discrimination legislation and review the right to legal assistance in discrimination cases.”
• oversight of law enforcement»Det ska finnas god medborgerlig insyn i all« (party programme ↗)“There shall be good civic oversight in all”
• trained police before guards»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.”

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 more be done against discrimination and that government agencies' work against discrimination be strengthened, and the party programme that criminal policy both shall prevent and deter. Extended basic training with focus on discrimination grounds, conflict management and treatment of children and young people for the one who gets to use violence follows from the rule-of-law idea and from the requirement for trust in society. Police and security are not addressed in the plan, therefore the derivation.

• counteract discriminationdecisive»Mer måste göras mot diskriminering. Vi vill stärka myndigheternas arbete mot diskriminering och höja ersättningen till dem som utsatts, samt lägga till kön och funktionsnedsättning som hatbrottsgrunder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must be done against discrimination. We want to strengthen government agencies' work against discrimination and raise compensation to those who have been subjected to it, and add gender and disability as hate crime grounds.”
• rule of law in use of violence»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights towards the state must be defended.”
• preventive criminal policy»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy should therefore both prevent and deter from crime”
• police close in everyday life»Fler poliser ska finnas närvarande i vardagen, både i utsatta områden och på landsbygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police shall be present in everyday life, both in vulnerable areas and in the countryside.”

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 establishes that only the state shall fight crime and take responsibility for the rule of law, which means that those given powers of violence must be properly trained; the plan also wants to reach 33,000 police officers rather than replace police with others. That extending detention officer training and giving it more focus on discrimination grounds and treatment of children follows from the plan's requirement that the state with force fights discrimination and that those who meet children have special training.

• state's monopoly on violencedecisive»det är endast staten som ska bekämpa brott och ansvara för en fungerande rättsordning.« (party programme ↗)“it is only the state that shall fight crime and take responsibility for a functioning rule of law.”
• fight discrimination»Därför ska staten med kraft bekämpa all slags rasism, diskriminering och intolerans.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore the state shall with force fight all forms of racism, discrimination and intolerance.”
• special training in child contact»De som medverkar i förhör av eller med barn ska ha särskild utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“Those who take part in interrogation of or with children shall have special training.”
• more police officers»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 in the long term to reach 33,000 police officers so that police density becomes at least as high as in the rest of Europe.”

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 does not address the training of security guards. The nearest lying principles are that effective processing requires well-trained staff, that close and trusting contacts between police and public shall form the foundation for the work, and that everyone has the same value regardless of ethnic origin. An extended basic training with a focus on conduct and conflict management can be derived from this, while the plan's requirement to streamline the police's mission argues for security guards as relief.

• well-trained in the justice chaindecisive»förutsätter välutbildade medarbetare hos polis,« (party programme ↗)“requires well-trained staff at police,”
• trust between authority and public»Nära och förtroendefulla kontakter« (party programme ↗)“Close and trusting contacts”
• equal value regardless of ethnicity»sexuell identitet, etnisk eller religiös tillhörighet.« (party programme ↗)“sexual identity, ethnic or religious affiliation.”
• streamlined police mission»Renodla polisens uppdrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline the police's mission.”

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's line is that security guards should quickly be able to relieve the police and take on more tasks, while the police's mission is clarified. A significantly extended basic training motivated by a discrimination perspective lies close to the collectivist problem formulation that the ideology programme explicitly distances itself from. The plan's demands for equal treatment and predictability in the exercise of power however speak partly in favor of the proposal.

• expanded duties for security guardsdecisive»Skärpa straffen för miljöbrott och nedskräpning och ge ordningsvakter befogenhet att dela ut böter för småskräp« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten penalties for environmental crimes and littering and give security guards the authority to issue fines for minor littering”
• relieve the police»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clarify the Police's mission with focus on detecting, investigating and solving crimes”
• individual before collective»kommer alltid hävda individen mot kollektivismen« (party programme ↗)“will always assert the individual against collectivism”
• predictable exercise of power»principer om likabehandling och förutsebarhet.« (party programme ↗)“principles of equal treatment and predictability.”

The election manifesto wishes to quickly mobilize more security officers with expanded powers as a complement to the police and establishes that admission criteria for training shall be reviewed based on the need to mobilize against the criminal gangs. The counter-proposal's demand for significantly extended basic training with focus on discrimination grounds and conduct pulls in the opposite direction and would delay the influx of security officers. The plan therefore prioritizes rapid strengthening of law enforcement over expanded training of this kind.

• more security officersdecisive»om det är möjligt att komplettera den befintliga polisorganisationen med att anställa ordningsvakter med utvidgade befogenheter och ändamålsenlig utrustning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“whether it is possible to complement the existing police organization by employing security officers with expanded powers and appropriate equipment”
• mobilization before thresholds»men kriterierna för att komma in på utbildningen behöver också ses över efter behovet av att mobilisera mot de kriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“but the criteria for admission to training also need to be reviewed based on the need to mobilize against the criminal gangs”
• tools against crime»Ge polisen förutsättningarna för att bekämpa brottslighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the police the preconditions to combat criminality”
• security nationwide»Öka tryggheten i hela Sverige och i alla bostadsområden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security throughout Sweden and in all residential areas”