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The Swedish Police Authority (Swedish: Polismyndigheten) is the national police force (Polisen) of Sweden.The first modern police force in Sweden was established in the mid-19th century, and the police remained in effect under local government control up until 1965, when it was nationalized and became increasingly centralized, [3] to finally organize under one authority January 1, 2015.
Eriksson became known by the Swedish police as Tjock-Steffe ("Fat Steve") or, The Banker, by the local mob in Sweden's fourth largest city of Uppsala, roughly 60 km north of Stockholm. An auto body shop worker, he started his criminal career with thefts and a three-month prison term in 1981, followed in 1988 by another term of 3½ years for ...
National Task Force operators during the 2017 Stockholm truck attack.. The National Task Force (Swedish: Nationella insatsstyrkan, NI), formerly known as the National Task Force of the Swedish Civilian Police (Swedish: Ordningspolisens nationella insatsstyrka), is a police tactical unit within the National Operations Department of the Swedish Police Authority.
Reinforced Regional Task Force (Swedish: Förstärkt Regional Insatsstyrka), [1] prior to 2015 officially known as Piketen (or Piketenheten) [note 1] is a regional special operations asset of the Swedish Police Authority, similar to SWAT type units in the United States.
The Ministry is primarily concerned with policy-making and legislation. The actual day-to-day administration is the responsibility of agencies, such as the Swedish Police Authority (Swedish: Polismyndigheten). [2] The organization mainly tasked with law enforcement is the Swedish Police Authority.
Swedish police detained 19 pro-Palestinian activists who barricaded themselves in the country's main technical education and research university on Friday. After two hours, police carried out the ...
A response car, also known as a pursuit car, area car, rapid response unit, or fast response car, is a police car used to ensure quick responses to emergencies compared to patrol cars. It is likely to be of a higher specification, capable of higher speeds, and often fitted with unique markings and increased-visibility emergency lights.
When in the field, members of the service police organisations use Land Rovers with typical police equipment and signs reading "MILITARY POLICE". When in garrison or on-shore, they use regular civilian-type patrol cars, but with appropriate RMP, RAFP or RNP markings. [4] Special Investigation Branches may utilise unmarked patrol cars in their ...