Admission requirements for police training

The plan sees representation as an important means to break racist stereotypes and exclusionary norms, and it demands active feminist politics that widens women's space. It also points to racism and police violence against young people of foreign background, which speaks for, not against, targeted recruitment. Therefore abolishing targeted recruitment initiatives and gender-adapted requirements contradicts the plan.

• representation against racismdecisive»Frågor om representation i samhället är viktiga för att bryta rasistiska« (party programme ↗)“Issues of representation in society are important to break racist”
• racism within police»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 violence, which became clear in the discussion around the Black Lives Matter movement.”
• active gender equality policy»En utvidgning av kvinnors makt, inflytande, utrymme och inkomster kommer att innebära en inskränkning för män.« (party programme ↗)“An expansion of women's power, influence, space and income will mean a restriction for men.”
• knowledge requirements in the justice system»ökad kunskap inom rättsväsendet om samtycke och om våld mot kvinnor och barn« (2022 manifesto ↗)“increased knowledge within the justice system about consent and violence against women and children”

The counter-proposal wants to abolish quotas, positive affirmative action and targeted recruitment efforts against minority groups and a certain gender. The party programme is explicitly anti-racist and feminist and wants public contexts to reflect the composition of the population, while the election manifesto requires that discrimination on the labour market is countered and that the number of police is significantly increased. The plan therefore speaks against the requirement, even though admission requirements are not addressed.

• active anti-racist workdecisive»Socialdemokraterna är ett antirasistiskt parti, som strävar« (party programme ↗)“The Social Democrats are an anti-racist party, which strives”
• counter discrimination»Diskrimineringen på arbetsmarknaden ska motarbetas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Discrimination on the labour market should be countered.”
• feminist foundation»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this basic view, social democracy is a feminist party.”
• more police needed»Kraftigt öka antalet poliser på våra gator och torg.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of police on our streets and squares.”

The plan establishes that a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives must be represented in the police and that the party in all contexts should work for gender equality and diversity. To abolish targeted recruitment initiatives toward underrepresented groups therefore goes against the plan. The plan wants to solve the police shortage with more and better-paid police, not with raised admission thresholds that narrow recruitment.

• diversity in the policedecisive»det är viktigt att en mångfald av bakgrunder och« (party programme ↗)“it is important that a diversity of backgrounds and”
• gender equality and diversity everywhere»därför vill vi i alla sammanhang verka för jämställdhet och mångfald.« (party programme ↗)“therefore we want in all contexts to work for gender equality and diversity.”
• prevent discrimination»Alla former av diskriminering ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“All forms of discrimination should be prevented.”
• better conditions solve the police shortage»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 prevent parallel societies.”

The plan is explicitly feminist and uses targeted measures to break gender imbalances, for example that government risk capital shall be distributed more equally. Abolishing targeted recruitment initiatives for women and minority groups therefore goes against the plan's line that no one shall be disadvantaged because of gender or origin. The plan wants to increase police density but says nothing about admission requirements, which makes the assessment uncertain.

• feminist fundamental approachdecisive»Centerpartiet är ett feministiskt parti, som utmanar och bryter rådande maktförhållanden och kollektiva orättvisor.« (party programme ↗)“The Center Party is a feminist party, which challenges and breaks prevailing power relations and collective injustices.”
• targeted gender equality measures»Vi vill reformera trygghetssystemet så att fler kvinnor kan satsa på enreprenörskap och se till att statligt riskkapital fördelas mer jämställt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to reform the security system so that more women can commit to entrepreneurship and ensure that government risk capital is distributed more equally.”
• no one shall be disadvantaged»Vi måste fortsätta arbetet för ett Sverige där ingen missgynnas på grund av kön, härkomst eller funktionsnedsättning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must continue the work for a Sweden where no one is disadvantaged because of gender, origin or disability”
• more police needed»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 EU average and reopen closed police stations.”

The plan does not address admission to police training, but its answer to the police shortage is better conditions and higher wages, not lower requirements, which is the counter-proposal's main point. In principle the plan demands raised admission requirements to another key education and maintains that the ban on sex discrimination applies to all areas of society and that liberal justice means equal conditions, not equal results. The plan's commitment to equal recruitment to authorities pulls in the opposite direction, why the conclusion is uncertain.

• police shortage solved with better conditionsdecisive»polis – därför ska villkoren ska bli bättre och lönerna höjas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“police – therefore conditions shall be better and wages raised”
• equal requirements regardless of gender»Förbudet mot könsdiskriminering ska upprätthållas på alla samhällsområden.« (party programme ↗)“The ban on sex discrimination shall be upheld in all areas of society.”
• equal conditions, not results»Liberal rättvisa handlar om lika förutsättningar, inte om lika resultat.« (party programme ↗)“Liberal justice is about equal conditions, not equal results.”
• raised admission requirements to education»Därför vill vi se högre krav för att komma in på lärarutbildningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want to see higher requirements to enter teacher education”

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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 says nothing about admission requirements for police training. Its way out of police shortage is to make the profession more attractive through more police and higher wages, which in itself does not require changed admission requirements. At the same time, the party programme supports that equal gender distribution is pursued in education and that laws against all discrimination in working life shall exist, and it wants educational institutions to design their own admission criteria. This speaks against the counter-proposal's demand that parliament abolishes targeted recruitment initiatives.

• equal gender distribution soughtdecisive»det angeläget att en jämn könsfördelning« (party programme ↗)“it is important that an equal gender distribution”
• prohibition of discrimination»Väl fungerande lagar mot all diskriminering i arbetslivet ska finnas.« (party programme ↗)“Well-functioning laws against all discrimination in working life shall exist.”
• educational institutions' own admissions»att själva utforma antagningskriterierna till utbildningarna« (party programme ↗)“to themselves design admission criteria for education”
• more attractive police profession»Fler poliser och höjda polislöner. Polisyrket behöver bli mer attraktivt för att behålla poliser och attrahera nya.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police and increased police wages. Police work needs to become more attractive to retain police and attract new ones.”

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The plan solves the police shortage by making the profession more attractive — special wage investment and student loan write-offs — not by lowering requirements, which is exactly the counter-proposal's logic. The party programme establishes everyone's right to be judged based on their person and their actions, not based on gender or background, and the election manifesto rejects quota systems and random selection in the education system. The plan does not mention the admission requirements for police training, so the position is derived.

• incentive to become policedecisive»Skriva av studielånen för den som utbildar sig och börjar arbeta som polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Write off the student loans for those who train and begin working as police”
• higher police salaries attract applicants»Rikta en särskild lönesatsning till poliser – så att fler stannar kvar och söker sig till yrket« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Direct a special wage investment to police officers – so that more stay in the job and seek out the profession”
• judgment based on person, not gender»men också för allas rätt att bli bedömda utifrån sin person« (party programme ↗)“but also for everyone's right to be judged based on their person”
• no to quotas»Stoppa alla förslag som rör tvångsbussning, kvotering och lottning av elever mellan skolor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop all proposals regarding forced bussing, quotas and random selection of pupils between schools”

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 combat discrimination and discrimination based on gender and advocates formal equality where neither women nor men are treated differently based on gender, which entails the requirement for equal physical requirements and abolished quotas and positive discrimination. The plan also wants to address the police shortage by making the profession attractive with better pay and paid police training, thus through incentives rather than easements. At the same time, the plan wants to review admissions criteria based on the need to mobilise against criminals, which does not unambiguously mean increased requirements; therefore medium-high certainty. The committee's reasoning is missing from the material and cannot therefore be covered by the plan.

• no gender-based special requirementsdecisive»Motverka diskriminering och särbehandling p.g.a. kön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat discrimination and discrimination based on gender”
• formal equality»jämställdhet där varken kvinnor eller män skall särbehandlas på basis av sin könstillhörighet.« (party programme ↗)“equality where neither women nor men shall be treated differently on the basis of their gender.”
• more attractive police profession»Sverigedemokraterna vill också göra polisyrket mer attraktivt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats also want to make the police profession more attractive.”
• review of admissions criteria»Antalet utbildningsplatser måste bli fler, men kriterierna för att komma in på utbildningen behöver också ses över efter behovet av att mobilisera mot de kriminella.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The number of training places must increase, but the criteria for admission to training also need to be reviewed based on the need to mobilise against criminals.”