Clarification of police duties

The plan wants to see an engaged criminal justice system with more patrolling police and at the same time for those who have fallen into substance abuse to be met with care, not police intervention. Shifting transportation and detention of people with mental illness and those under the influence to other authorities follows both of these commitments. The plan furthermore wants to strengthen social services with adequate resources for exactly such tasks.

• care instead of police interventiondecisive»Människor som fastnat i missbruk ska ha tillgång till den vård de behöver och behandlas med respekt.« (party programme ↗)“People who have fallen into substance abuse should have access to the care they need and be treated with respect.”
• engaged police in core duties»Kriminaliteten behöver mötas både med ett fungerande och närvarande rättssystem som fler patrullerande poliser« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crime must be met both with a functioning and engaged criminal justice system with more patrolling police”
• resources to police and social services»Goda resurser till polis, socialtjänst och andra aktörer är viktiga i det arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“Good resources to police, social services and other actors are important in that work.”
• strengthened social services»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen social services with adequate resources and knowledge to work both preventatively and with child protection”

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 to significantly increase police presence on streets and squares and have a police force with the tools required for its core mission. Moving transport and care of people with mental health issues to other responsible authorities frees up precisely that time, while the plan requires ambitious efforts against mental health issues and more cooperation between police, social services and healthcare. The plan does not mention streamlining of police roles as a concept.

• more police in street-level servicedecisive»Kraftigt öka antalet poliser på våra gator och torg.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of police officers on our streets and squares.”
• police with the right tools»Poliskår med god förmåga som återspeglar hela befolkningen, med stark lokal närvaro,« (party programme ↗)“Police force with good capacity that reflects the entire population, with strong local presence,”
• healthcare responsible for mental health issues»Ambitiösa insatser mot psykisk ohälsa, särskilt bland barn och unga.« (party programme ↗)“Ambitious efforts against mental health issues, particularly among children and young people.”
• cooperation between responsible authorities»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More cooperation is needed between police, school health, social services and education.”

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 mental health to be prioritized equally with physical health and substance abuse care to be managed by regions, which means that persons with mental illness or addiction shall first be met by healthcare rather than police. At the same time the justice system shall have resources to protect the vulnerable and prosecute crime. Focusing the police's role on crime fighting follows from these commitments.

• mental health prioritizeddecisive»Miljöpartiet vill skapa ett samhälle där psykisk hälsa är lika prioriterad som fysisk hälsa.« (party programme ↗)“The Greens want to create a society where mental health is given equal priority as physical health.”
• healthcare responsible for addiction»Miljöpartiet vill att regionerna får huvudansvaret för en« (party programme ↗)“The Greens want regions to take main responsibility for a”
• resources for crime fighting»Miljöpartiet vill att rättsväsendet ska ha tillräckliga resurser för att skydda utsatta och« (party programme ↗)“The Greens want the justice system to have sufficient resources to protect the vulnerable and”
• police's core mission»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 organized crime and to counter 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 plan wants to increase police density to the EU average and get more police present in everyday life, and the party programme requires that the state does what it is for as efficiently as possible. Moving transports and detentions to other principals frees up police time for core duties and serves the same goal. The plan does not, however, explicitly mention streamlining of police duties.

• more police in everyday lifedecisive»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 should 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.”
• efficient state core task»Centerpartiets uppgift är att se till att staten gör det den är till för, så effektivt och rättssäkert som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“The Center Party's task is to ensure that the state does what it is for, as efficiently and fairly as possible”
• resources for justice chain»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 efforts that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and the prison service and stricter sentences.”

The plan establishes that it is only the state that shall combat crime and that the justice system's capacity and efficiency needs to be improved, while police density shall be significantly increased. Moving transport and care of persons with mental illness to other principals frees resources for the core mission, and the programme points to close cooperation between social services, healthcare and the justice system. The counter-proposal's requirements thereby lie in the direction of the plan.

• more police for the core missiondecisive»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 so that police density becomes at least as high as in the rest of Europe.”
• the police's core mission»Alla kan bidra till ett tryggare Sverige, men det är endast staten som ska bekämpa brott och ansvara för en fungerande rättsordning.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone can contribute to a safer Sweden, but it is only the state that shall combat crime and be responsible for a functioning legal order.”
• more efficient justice system»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att handläggningstiderna kortas, fler brott anmäls och klaras upp samt färre brottsanmälningar avskrivs.« (party programme ↗)“The justice system's capacity and efficiency needs to be improved so that processing times are shortened, more crimes are reported and resolved, and fewer crime reports are dismissed.”
• healthcare handles addiction»En nära samverkan mellan socialtjänst, hälso- och sjukvård och rättsväsende är viktig för att personer som hamnat i missbruk ska erbjudas hjälp.« (party programme ↗)“Close cooperation between social services, healthcare and the justice system is important so that people who have fallen into addiction are offered help.”

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 demands that the police mandate be clarified because the police today focus far too much on things other than crime-fighting. The counter-proposal's demand that transports and detentions are to a greater extent handled by other parties is exactly this commitment. The plan also defines the police's task as to prevent crime, maintain order and investigate and prosecute crimes.

• clarify the police mandatedecisive»Renodla polisens uppdrag. Polisen fokuserar idag alldeles för mycket på annat än brottsbekämpning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clarify the police mandate. Today police focus far too much on things other than crime-fighting.”
• the police's core tasks»Polisens uppgift är att förebygga brott, upprätthålla ordning samt att utreda« (party programme ↗)“The police's task is to prevent crime, maintain order and to investigate and”
• strengthened police capacity»Fler poliser och höjda polislöner. Polisyrket behöver bli mer attraktivt för att behålla poliser och attrahera nya.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police and increased police salaries. The police profession needs to become more attractive to retain police and attract new ones.”
• efficient resource use»kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“cost tracking and quality control are therefore important political tasks.”

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 explicitly pledges to streamline the police force's mission with a focus on detecting, investigating and clearing up crimes, and describes this as letting police be police and delegating tasks to other authorities. That is precisely what the counter-proposal demands when transport and custody removals are to be transferred to other principals. The plan's goal of more police in field operations presupposes the same streamlining.

• streamlined police missiondecisive»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline the Police's mission with a focus on detecting, investigating and clearing up crimes”
• tasks to other authorities(2022 manifesto)
• more police in field work»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 field operations”
• efficient use of police resources»Svenskt rättsväsende är uppenbart underdimensionerat i förhållande till den kriminalitet som samhället drabbas av idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish justice is clearly underdimensioned in relation to the crime society suffers from today.”

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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 explicitly establishes that the police authority should be streamlined to combat crime and that work tasks that can be performed by other staff should be removed from police officers. The counter-proposal's requirement that transport and custody of intoxicated and mentally ill persons to a greater extent should be handled by other principals is the same thing in substance. The plan also wants to give the police conditions to combat crime.

• streamlined police mandatedecisive»I den mån det går att överlåta administrativa arbetsuppgifter till civil personal bör det göras i högre grad, samtidigt som polismyndigheten bör renodlas till att bekämpa brottsligheten och finnas nära medborgarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To the extent possible to transfer administrative work tasks to civil staff should be done to a greater extent, while the police authority should be streamlined to combat crime and be close to citizens.”
• relief of police»Avlasta poliserna med civilanställda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Relieve police with civilian staff”
• effective resource use in justice system»Polisen, gränsskyddet och de rättsvårdande myndigheterna måste tilldelas erforderliga resurser och befogenheter för att kunna lösa sina uppgifter och skydda medborgarna.« (party programme ↗)“Police, border guards and the judicial authorities must be given required resources and powers to be able to perform their tasks and protect citizens.”

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.