Permit requirement for municipalities

The programme establishes that all people have the right to a broad private sphere and that growing surveillance and registration must be countered. Abolishing the permit requirement for municipal camera surveillance is precisely an expansion of surveillance without prior scrutiny. The plan also rejects repression and harsher measures as shortcuts and points out that vulnerable groups already face police violence.

• counter growing 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 countered.”
• personal integrity and rule of lawdecisive»En fördjupad demokrati innebär också att vi slår vakt om den personliga integriteten och fundamentala principer i en rättsstat.« (party programme ↗)“A deepened democracy also means that we protect personal integrity and fundamental principles of a rule of law.”
• repression does not solve crime»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 harsher measures are raised as solutions instead of seriously addressing the problems.”
• vulnerable groups face 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, especially with foreign backgrounds, who live in poor areas, also face racism and police violence”

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The election manifesto wants to give the police more tools and removes barriers between authorities to increase safety and solve crimes; removing the permit requirement for municipal camera surveillance is in that line. The party programme's requirement to protect personal integrity qualifies but does not override the uncompromising crime fighting that the election manifesto prioritizes. Camera surveillance is not mentioned explicitly.

• more tools for the policedecisive»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police also need more tools, such as better possibilities for wiretapping and house searches.”
• uncompromising crime fighting»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös. Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising. Society's full force shall be mobilized to push back the criminals”
• safety throughout the country»Vi vill säkra och stärka polisnärvaron i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to secure and strengthen police presence throughout the country.”
• 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 plan opposes all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions into privacy and wants policy to protect privacy as surveillance possibilities increase. Removing the permit requirement for municipal camera surveillance means that proportionality control disappears. The plan instead sees reduced marginalization as the most important crime prevention work.

• against privacy intrusionsdecisive»Vi motsätter oss alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“We oppose all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions into privacy.”
• protect privacy against surveillance»De ökade möjligheterna till övervakning kräver att politiken slår vakt om människors möjlighet att värna sin integritet.« (party programme ↗)“Increased surveillance possibilities require that policy protects people's ability to protect their privacy.”
• right to privacy»Vi vill värna människors rätt till integritet och privatliv. I dag är den rätten hotad av både statliga och kommersiella aktörer.« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect people's right to privacy and private life. Today that right is threatened by both state and commercial actors.”
• prevention before surveillance»Det viktigaste brottsförebyggande arbetet sker genom att minska marginaliseringen och utsattheten i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“The most important crime prevention work happens through reducing marginalization and vulnerability in society.”

The election manifesto draws a clear line against surveillance measures not tested against individuals' rights and says no to, among other things, stop-and-search zones and preventive wiretapping. The party programme requires that all legislation be tested against integrity and that restrictions are proportionate to their purpose. Completely removing the permission requirement for municipal camera surveillance removes precisely that test, even though the plan's safety ambition pulls in the opposite direction.

• limit on surveillance measuresdecisive»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and individuals' rights against the state must be defended. We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• proportionality test for integrity restrictionsweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity. There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the law's purpose.”
• personal integrity»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the individual's personal integrity is a cornerstone of every democracy.”
• safety through police presence»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 shall be present in everyday life, both in vulnerable areas and in rural areas. We want to increase police density to the EU average and reopen closed police stations.”

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The party programme explicitly states that the possibility of camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified and that municipalities in particularly vulnerable areas as a main rule should always be able to put up cameras. To remove the permit requirement for municipal camera surveillance is precisely such a simplification. The plan simultaneously requires clear rules on supervision and responsibility, which is a qualification of the how but not the whether.

• simplified camera surveillancedecisive»Möjligheten till kamerabevakning på offentlig plats ska förenklas.« (party programme ↗)“The possibility of camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified.”
• cameras in vulnerable areas»bör polis, kommun och region som huvudregel alltid ha möjlighet att sätta upp kamerabevakning« (party programme ↗)“should police, municipalities and regions as a main rule always have the possibility to set up camera surveillance”
• more tools against crime»Ge polisen fler verktyg och vapen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the police more tools and weapons.”
• supervision and responsibility»Tydliga regler ska finnas om tillsyn och ansvar.« (party programme ↗)“Clear rules shall exist on supervision and responsibility.”

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's fundamental commitment is that security in the streets and squares shall be restored and that obstacles to solving crime shall be removed, explicitly through a complete review of secrecy rules. The plan emphasizes increased detection risk and rapid response to crime. Removing the approval requirement for municipal camera surveillance lies in that direction, but the plan's requirement for caution in handling personal data must be considered.

• restore securitydecisive»Tryggheten på gator och torg måste återupprättas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security in the streets and squares must be restored”
• increased detection risk»snabb reaktion på begångna brott och en ökad upptäcktsrisk för förövarna är viktigt.« (party programme ↗)“rapid response to committed crime and an increased detection risk for perpetrators is important.”
• remove obstacles to crime-solving»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and solve crime.”
• valued personal integrity»försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“caution and respect for personal integrity”

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 decisive commitment is to significantly increase the number of surveillance cameras to increase security and clear up more crimes. A remaining permit requirement for municipal camera monitoring brakes precisely that expansion, so the demand to remove it is supported in substance. However, the plan does not comment on the permit requirement as such.

• more surveillance camerasdecisive»Kraftigt öka antalet övervakningskameror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of surveillance cameras”
• more crimes shall be cleared up»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 clearing up crimes”
• the judicial system needs more tools»Svenskt rättsväsende är uppenbart underdimensionerat i förhållande till den kriminalitet som samhället drabbas av idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish judicial system is clearly under-dimensioned in relation to the crime society is affected by today.”

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 explicitly points out camera surveillance as one of the tools that should be used to map and prosecute gang members, and states that few measures are too far-reaching against gangs. Removing the permission requirement for municipal camera monitoring is exactly such a simplification that increases safety and case clearance. The plan also wants to increase safety in all residential areas.

• camera surveillance as a tooldecisive»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures should be taken to better map gang members through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera monitoring and wiretapping.”
• uncompromising against gangs»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pushing back both criminal gangs and the culture that allows them to gain a foothold.”
• safety in residential areas»Öka tryggheten i hela Sverige och i alla bostadsområden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase safety throughout Sweden and in all residential areas”
• tools against gangs»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”

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.