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20 August 2026 · 22 min read
The police’s two feeds: public accounts, closed corps culture and misconduct that stays off-stage
Investigation of Swedish police public social media, communications spending and the PR dilemma, set against the closed Facebook group UMF and a documented case of official misconduct later absorbed into a positive local portrait.
12 July 2026 · 10 min read
Sweden’s 2025 Ombudsman complaints: police cases rose by nearly 50 per cent
Sweden’s Parliamentary Ombudsmen registered 15,429 new cases in 2025. Police complaints rose from 1,334 to 1,998, but a complaint is not a proven error. A source-critical review of the figures, the oversight gap and JO’s actual powers.
8 June 2026 · 13 min read
Child care: the statistics, the Al Jazeera controversy and the case of Malin
D3 graphs of placements according to SoL and LVU, the controversy surrounding the documentary Behind Closed Doors and the Assignment Review case about Malin, whose incorrect medical record keeping followed her into the court.
8 June 2026 · 14 min read
Police violence, reports and violence: the statistics behind the review
Special Prosecution Chamber, SU statistics, fatal police interventions and the older DN review on women violence as most common off-duty police offences.
8 June 2026 · 16 min read
Police stun guns: stun guns, risks, TASER 7 and increasing use
Review of police stun guns: model and make, volts, what the electroshock does to the body, medical risk groups, improper use and interactive statistics on coercion, firing and driving shocks.
8 June 2026 · 12 min read
Armatech, Defensor and the police stun guns: the supplier, the owners and former ÖB on the board
Review of the supplier ranks behind police stun guns: Armatech/AXON, Defensor Group, Flat Capital, SAFE4U and board details of former ÖB Sverker Göranson.
8 June 2026 · 13 min read
The demands of police training: aptitude tests, lowered limits and the risk of quantity before quality
Review of the admission requirements of police training, the UNIQ aptitude test, the National Audit Office's critique, Aftonbladet's 200 seconds-alarm and new proposed requirements 2026.
8 June 2026 · 15 min read
Independent and extended confiscation: seizure, loaned car and when authorities seize property
Examination of independent forfeiture, extended confiscation, confiscation of criminal proceeds, open cases and amounts, loaned cars taken by the Swedish Enforcement Administration and risks when seized goods disappear from the police.
24 May 2026 · 11 min read
When police records become a private service: The Skaraborgs case, the entrepreneur and the secret data
A police officer in Skaraborg is charged with carrying out records checks on behalf of a car owner and for private searches of relatives. The case shows why logs, permissions and control are not technical details but the very protection against authority power on order.
24 May 2026 · 16 min read
Palantir police: review of AI system, privacy and Swedish pension money
What kind of police officer is Palantir? According to reports, Swedish police are using Palantir's analysis platform. Here you get what we know, why it's controversial, which Swedish authorities are concerned and what it means for your privacy.
5 May 2026 · 15 min read
Police reconnaissance records (ASP): criticism, gypsies and what is meant by Z-register
From the computerization in 1979 to the Scanian mapping in 2009—2013 and the IMY criticism in 2014: this is how the debate grew about police reconnaissance records, groupings such as gypsies and the unofficial term Z-register.
4 May 2026 · 9 min read
Documentation deficiencies in social services: when children are waiting and cases cannot be followed
IVO writes that more than 3,000 children a year wait too long for interventions after decisions. At the same time, the JO has directed serious criticism at social welfare boards where the documentation was so deficient that cases could hardly be followed.
4 May 2026 · 8 min read
When school deficiencies become family problems: concerns, support and documentation
The Schools Inspectorate describes failings at the majority of schools audited. For families, lack of support, sitting at home and unclear notes can at the same time become grounds for contact with social services.
4 May 2026 · 10 min read
Teenage deportations: when young adults are separated from the family by the migration system
Aftonbladet has surveyed 92 expulsions of teenagers in 2025. RESCUE describes how temporary permits, the 18-year limit and tougher rules can divide families who have already built their lives in Sweden.
4 May 2026 · 8 min read
Fasces in the Police Arms: the Ghost Bunch, the Rule of Law and the Fascist Associations
The emblem of the Swedish Police includes crossed ghost bundles, fasces with bilas. The symbol has older roots in Roman law and state power, but has also been criticized for modern links to fascism.
4 May 2026 · 8 min read
When gangs trained at shooting range: police as instructor and the control that burst
DN states that a police officer worked as an instructor at a shooting range where people connected to rough gang environments trained. This raises larger questions about by-pursuits, gun environments and the police's own risk control.
4 May 2026 · 9 min read
The Gotland affair and Peter Rätz: infiltrators, drugs and evidence that never became simple
A careful review of what can be coated about the Gotland affair: the orchestrated heroin deal, the role of Peter Rätz, denials from police leadership and the issue of hidden evidence.