Police Legislation Model: The Swedish Police Act
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to the toolkit
Analytical framework and methodology
The Swedish Police
The Swedish Police Act, presented in the analytical grid
Structure and context
Vision and values
Mission
Relations and subordination
Organisation
Personnel
Duties and rights
Accountability and transparency
Other
The Swedish Police Act, presented in its integral form
General provisions
Bodies within the police service
Transfer of staff
General principles of police intervention
Obligation to report an offence
Certain powers vested in police officers
Final provisions
Abstract
Sweden has a national police service, which reports to the Ministry of Justice. The police service comprises the National Police Board, the National Laboratory of Forensic Science and 21 regional police authorities, each responsible for the policing of its county.
The Police Act provides that each of the 21 counties in Sweden constitutes a police district, which is led by a police authority. The police authority is directed by a Police Board, which comprises politically appointed members, among them the head of the authority (County Police Commissioner).