Increased opportunities for camera surveillance

The plan explicitly states that growing surveillance and registration must be opposed and that personal integrity is part of a deepened democracy. The counter-proposal instead wants to expand camera surveillance, facial recognition and the police's real-time access to traffic and congestion charge cameras. The plan also emphasizes that repression and tougher measures are not the solution and that the police's working methods need to be scrutinized. The plan therefore rejects the demand.

• oppose increased surveillanceweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär som skyddas på praktisk och principiell grund. Växande övervakning och registrering ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere that is protected on practical and principled grounds. Growing surveillance and registration must be opposed.”
• criticism of repressive solutionsdecisive»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All too often repression and tougher measures are raised as solutions instead of tackling the problems seriously.”
• independent scrutiny of the police»Det måste finnas effektiva och oberoende system för att granska de yrkesgrupper, till exempel polisen och militären, som har rätt att utöva våld.« (party programme ↗)“There must be effective and independent systems to scrutinize the professions, for example the police and the military, that have the right to exercise violence.”
• risk of racialized police control»Många unga, särskilt med utländsk bakgrund, som bor i fattiga områden, utsätts även för rasism och övervåld från polisen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Many young people, particularly with foreign background, who live in poor areas, are also subjected to racism and police brutality”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises police more coercive tools and that barriers between authorities be removed so that police can do their job. Investigating barriers to camera surveillance and giving police access to traffic and congestion charge cameras is in line with this and with the uncompromising line against serious crime. The programme's requirement to protect personal integrity is a balancing factor, but does not prevent an investigation.

• more tools for policedecisive»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime must be uncompromising.”
• remove barriers between authorities»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be removed so that police and other professions can do their job.”
• protection of personal integrity»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal integrity”

The party programme explicitly opposes laws that mean disproportionate interference with privacy and states that crime-fighting shall not take place at the expense of human rights. Expanded camera surveillance with facial recognition and police real-time access to traffic and congestion charging cameras is such interference. The party instead wants to meet serious crime with more police and preventive work.

• rejects disproportionate privacy interferencedecisive»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that mean disproportionate interference with”
• crime-fighting not before rights»viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga« (party programme ↗)“important but shall not take place at the expense of human”
• right to privacy and privacy»Vi vill värna människors rätt till integritet och« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect people's right to privacy and”
• more police against organised crime»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 establishes that all legislation must be tested against its impact on personal integrity and explicitly lists coercive measures the party says no to, including preventive surveillance. Extended camera surveillance with facial recognition and police real-time access to traffic and congestion charge cameras is the kind of general surveillance of the innocent that this line rejects. The plan wants to strengthen police, but with more police and presence in everyday life rather than expanded mass surveillance.

• no to integrity-violating coercive measuresdecisive»Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• integrity testing of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• strong integrity protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A strong integrity protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”
• more police instead»Vi vill öka polistätheten till EU-snittet och öppna nedlagda polisstationer på nytt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to increase police density to EU average and reopen closed police stations.”

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The party programme requires that the possibility of camera surveillance in public places be simplified and that police and municipality as a rule always shall be able to set up cameras in particularly vulnerable areas. The election manifesto wants to give police more tools and expanded secret coercive measures against gang crime. The counter-proposal's demand to investigate obstacles and give police access to traffic and congestion tax cameras aligns with this, with the plan's requirement that privacy protection is simultaneously strengthened.

• simplified camera surveillancedecisive»Möjligheten till kamerabevakning på offentlig plats ska förenklas.« (party programme ↗)“The possibility of camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified.”
• camera surveillance in vulnerable areas»särskilt utsatta bör polis, kommun och region som huvudregel alltid ha möjlighet att sätta upp« (party programme ↗)“particularly vulnerable areas police, municipality, and region as a rule always should be able to set up”
• more tools against gang crime»Avlyssning och andra hemliga tvångsmedel ska kunna användas både vid misstanke om fler brott än i dag och efter domstolsbeslut mot organiserade gängmedlemmar även utan konkret brottsmisstanke.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wiretapping and other secret coercive measures shall be usable both for suspicion of more crimes than today and after court order against organized gang members even without concrete crime suspicion.”
• protection of personal privacy»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of individuals' privacy shall be strengthened.”

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 election manifesto requires a complete review of confidentiality regulations so that authorities can share information to prevent and clear up crimes, and is prepared to introduce new tools such as anonymous witnesses with reference to experiences in other countries. Giving police access to existing camera and traffic camera footage aligns with that position. The plan simultaneously presupposes clearly defined authorities, which the counter-proposal's investigation requirement accommodates.

• authorities shall share informationdecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of confidentiality regulations, so that authorities can share information to prevent and clear up crimes.”
• restore safety»Tryggheten på gator och torg måste återupprättas, brottsförebyggande arbetet måste stärkas, brottslingar dömas och brottsoffer få upprättelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Safety on streets and squares must be restored, crime prevention must be strengthened, criminals sentenced and crime victims get redress.”
• new tools for more convictions»Inför anonyma vittnen. Det finns i flera andra länder och har bidragit till fler fällande domar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce anonymous witnesses. It exists in several other countries and has contributed to more convictions.”
• defined police authorities»Det europeiska polissamarbetet ska vara väl utvecklat samtidigt som dess befogenheter ska vara tydligt avgränsade« (party programme ↗)“European police cooperation shall be well developed while its authorities shall be clearly defined”

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 explicitly promises to greatly increase the number of surveillance cameras and to invest in police equipment. The counter-proposal's requirements to remove obstacles to camera surveillance and facial recognition and to give police access to traffic cameras also in real-time directly align with that commitment. The plan's goal to streamline the police's assignment towards detecting and solving crime points the same way. The integrity question is handled in the plan as compatible with increased security.

• more surveillance camerasdecisive»Kraftigt öka antalet övervakningskameror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Greatly increase the number of surveillance cameras”
• better police equipment»Satsa på polisens utrustning, exempelvis kroppskameror men också vattenkanoner att använda vid exempelvis upplopp« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in police equipment, for example body cameras but also water cannons for use at for example riots”
• more solved crime»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline the Police's assignment with focus on detecting, investigating and solving crime”
• privacy and security compatible»Frihet och trygghet går hand i hand.« (party programme ↗)“Freedom and security go hand in hand.”

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 election manifesto explicitly points out camera surveillance as one of the tools the justice system should have to map gang-active individuals, and requires that procedural obstacles to increased prosecution be removed. The counter-proposal's demand to investigate obstacles and give police broader and real-time access to camera material directly aligns with this commitment. The plan therefore supports the demand on the merits.

• camera surveillance against gangsdecisive»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang-active individuals through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and eavesdropping.”
• remove procedural obstacles»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enabling increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• tools against gangs»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”
• improved agency cooperation»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between agencies and tools to detect and prosecute criminals shall be improved.”

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.