Municipalities' permit requirement for camera surveillance

The plan establishes that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and that police functions shall be clearly structured within democratic structures. It also rejects repression as the main course and instead points to fighting the deeper causes of crime. Abolishing the permit requirement for municipalities' camera surveillance weakens the prior review that protects integrity and therefore conflicts with the plan.

• protection of personal integritydecisive»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• democratic control of surveillance»vara tydligt inordnade i demokratiska strukturer.« (party programme ↗)“be clearly ordered within democratic structures.”
• prevention before repression»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Far too often repression and a harder approach are put forward as solutions instead of addressing the problems seriously.”
• combat the causes of crime»men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker« (2022 manifesto ↗)“but above all with a fight against the deeper causes of criminality”

The election manifesto promises that police will receive more tools and that barriers between public authorities will be removed so that crime control works, with uncompromising fight against crime. Removing the permit requirement for municipal video surveillance, with the requirements in the video surveillance law and supervision remaining, is in that direction. The party programme's privacy protection weighs against it but is not overridden, because the regulation remains.

• more crime-fighting toolsdecisive»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.”
• remove barriers between authorities»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Confidentiality barriers between public authorities must be removed so that police and other professionals can do their job.”
• uncompromising crime control»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime must be uncompromising.”
• privacy protection remains»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 privacy”

The plan establishes that increased opportunities for surveillance require that policy protect people's privacy and that the party opposes laws with disproportionate privacy intrusions. Abolishing the permit requirement for local governments' and regions' camera surveillance removes precisely the prior review that weighs privacy intrusion against benefit. The plan recognizes the need for crime prevention but establishes that it cannot occur at the expense of human rights.

• protect privacy against surveillancedecisive»De ökade möjligheterna till övervakning kräver att politiken slår vakt om människors möjlighet att värna sin integritet.« (party programme ↗)“Increased opportunities for surveillance require that policy protect people's ability to preserve their privacy.”
• proportionality in privacy intrusion»Vi motsätter oss alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“We oppose all laws that entail disproportionate intrusions into privacy.”
• crime prevention within human rights framework»Brotts- och terrorbekämpning är viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Crime and terror prevention is important but should not occur at the expense of human rights.”
• against improper surveillance»Ingen otillbörlig registrering eller övervakning baserad på politiska åsikter eller demokratisk verksamhet får förekomma.« (party programme ↗)“No improper registration or surveillance based on political views or democratic activity shall occur.”

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 guiding principle here is that the rule of law and the individual's rights against the state must be defended, and it lists a number of surveillance and coercive measures that the party says no to. Abolishing the permit requirement for municipalities' and regions' camera surveillance removes precisely the prior review that ensures proportionality. The plan's requirement for more police in everyday life shows that security should be strengthened with presence rather than with expanded surveillance without review.

• no to surveillance 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, reverse burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• integrity review of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be reviewed for its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• strong privacy protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A strong protection of privacy is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”
• security through police presence»Fler poliser ska finnas närvarande i vardagen, både i utsatta områden och på landsbygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police should be present in everyday life, both in vulnerable areas and in rural areas.”

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The party programme explicitly states that the opportunity for camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified and that municipalities in particularly vulnerable areas as a general rule should always be able to set up camera surveillance. That is precisely what the counter-proposal wants to achieve by abolishing the permit requirement. The plan assumes at the same time that clear rules on supervision and responsibility remain, which the counter-proposal also does.

• simplified camera surveillancedecisive»Möjligheten till kamerabevakning på offentlig plats ska förenklas.« (party programme ↗)“The opportunity for camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified.”
• municipalities should be able to set up cameras»I områden som är klassade som särskilt utsatta bör polis, kommun och region som huvudregel alltid ha möjlighet att sätta upp kamerabevakning.« (party programme ↗)“In areas classified as particularly vulnerable, police, municipality and region as a general rule should always be able to set up camera surveillance.”
• maintained supervision»Tydliga regler ska finnas om tillsyn och ansvar.« (party programme ↗)“Clear rules shall exist on supervision and responsibility.”
• tools for security»Nu måste polisen få verktygen att överallt upprätthålla lag och ordning, så att alla kan känna sig trygga i sina kvarter var de än bor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Now police must be given the tools to uphold law and order everywhere, so that everyone can feel safe in their neighbourhoods wherever they live.”

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 wants a total review of secrecy regulations so that authorities can more easily share information to prevent and solve crimes, which shows that the plan is prepared to ease administrative obstacles when crime prevention requires it. Security on streets and squares shall be restored and communities shall be designed so that crime is prevented and made difficult. The plan's requirement for protection of the individual's protected sphere remains as a limitation.

• facilitate authorities' crime preventiondecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total review of secrecy regulations, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
• restore security»Tryggheten på gator och torg måste återupprättas, brottsförebyggande arbetet måste stärkas, brottslingar dömas och brottsoffer få upprättelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security on streets and squares must be restored, crime prevention work must be strengthened, criminals must be convicted and crime victims receive redress.”
• communities that prevent crime»Planeringen bör också inriktas på att bygga och utforma samhällena så att trygghet främjas samtidigt som brott förebyggs och försvåras.« (party programme ↗)“Planning should also be directed towards building and designing communities so that security is promoted while crime is prevented and made difficult.”
• protection of personal integrity»Intrång i den fredade sfär som varje person bör vara garanterad innebär att den personliga integriteten kränks.« (party programme ↗)“Intrusion into the protected sphere that every person should be guaranteed means that personal integrity is violated.”

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 promises to significantly increase the number of surveillance cameras and give the police more tools to prevent and investigate crime. The licensing requirement for municipalities and regions is precisely the obstacle that slows down such expansion, and the plan also wants to remove a third of the regulatory red tape. Eliminating the licensing requirement while maintaining the requirements and oversight is therefore in line with the plan's direction.

• more surveillance camerasdecisive»Kraftigt öka antalet övervakningskameror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of surveillance cameras”
• more crime-fighting tools»Införa visitationszoner så att Polisen får bättre möjligheter att leta efter vapen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce search zones so that the Police have better opportunities to search for weapons”
• 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 to use in, for example, riots”
• reduced bureaucracy»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of the regulatory red tape”

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 camera surveillance to be used to map and prosecute criminals and for procedural barriers to increased prosecution to be removed, while the justice system should be given tools and security should increase in all residential areas. Eliminating the permit requirement for municipalities and regions' camera surveillance removes a bureaucratic threshold for precisely that tool, while the requirements in the camera surveillance law remain.

• camera surveillance as crime 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-active individuals through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and wiretapping.”
• removed barriers to prosecution»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural barriers to enabling increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• security in public spaces»Öka tryggheten i hela Sverige och i alla bostadsområden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security throughout Sweden and in all residential areas”
• tools for the justice system»Ge polisen förutsättningarna för att bekämpa brottslighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the police the conditions to combat criminality”

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.