New polisverktyg to trap more.

Police became an authority nearly two years ago. But the anticipated synergies will with big lag. Only now is it possible to – with the help of a new IT tool – put a big effort against those who were formerly called livsstilskriminella.

With the help of a new IT tool should the police be better at accessing people who time and again commit to the so-called vardagsbrott and mängdbrott. In the long term it will lead to more persons convicted. Arkivbild.Image: Anders Wiklund/TT

– to get started properly, we have made a special effort that culminated Tuesday with 29 persons, suspected for over 600 crimes, have been brought in, ” says Christer Nilsson, director general at the police authority’s national operations department (Noa).

With the help of the new it-support can 100 specially trained police services search for individuals in the new notifications to find out if there are more suspicions of crimes against the same person in any other place in the country.

The group of police focused on is the now referred to as the “brottsaktiva” – people who have three or more open suspicions of crimes.

– the most we have 64 suspicions of crimes on an individual, ” says Christer Nilsson.

Typically, suspected so-called vardagsbrottslighet or mängdbrott. For example, theft, assault, rattfyllor, minor drug offences, assault runs, and vandalism.

With the previous scheme, where each county had its own police department, it was difficult to gather suspicions of crimes in this way. And the transition to a single jättemyndighet has not magically solved the problems. First in this summer was the tool for the so-called ärendesamordning – seeking on the individual, ready for use. Since then, there has been required a special training of personnel.

the Benefits of the new tool are several:

– Now you can take in all the crime to an investigator and a prosecutor. Previously it could be and slopping about another crime in another area. Now being investigated all at the same time and it gives me a different picture of the scope and impact of the sentence, ” says Christer Nilsson.

Faced with the gigantic reorganization, it was clear that the result of the work of the police would probably deteriorate during a transitional period. There has also been. Therefore, the question is how quickly the new tool will have an effect.

– We see the effect now in the form of 600 suspicions of crimes on the basis of a small contribution from us. But then you have to investigate these crimes, and that requires a little more effort, ” says Christer Nilsson.

the improved results, therefore, we will not see over night.

– But in the long term we will get an improvement when it comes to those who commit many crimes that are not serious.

– We will be able to prosecute more for vardagsbrott and in their prosecution we will prevent further crime. The number of outstanding cases will decrease and more victims of their crimes successfully solved.

the Facts: the Offences with low penalties

Of the 29 people who the police brought in during the operation are only five detainees. The reason is that many of the so-called mängdbrotten, or vardagsbrotten, not häktningsgrundande. They often have a relatively low straffvärde, which means that the pre-trial detention is not up to date.

Source: Police