Interesting. What about federal police?
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ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoThere are no “local laws” in Sweden that differ between parts if the country, only laws that apply to the entire country.
x00z@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It’s just police, there’s not really any policing entity above just regular police.
x00z@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So every police officer can go and answer every call?
Over here we have police zones, and police officers patrol their own zone and handle the issues of their own zone (as long as no outside backup is required). Then we have the federal police that handle national issues and stuff like murders.
lud@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The police is called “polismyndigheten” which is a governmental organisation where all police staff are employed (with some exceptions like the “security police” which is a fully separate organisation).
And no, a police from the Stockholm police won’t patrol in a city on the other side of the country. There are police districts and such but it’s still the same organisation. You could probably get transferred to the other side of the country, but that would obviously be a bad idea unless the police is moving anyways. I suspect the union might have something to say if they decide to transfer people wherever for no reason.
Except in informal settings the police is only called the police. For example police cars only say “Police” and never “Stockholm police” or similar.
But there obviously exist some specialised divisions or groups within the organisation that are only present in one place (probably Stockholm). A very small police station in a small town could very well be investing murder but I suspect they will want help for some other station or specialist division if the case is complex.
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
According to the English version of the Swedish government’s website, Sweden does have local laws though? It says there are 23 regions, with 290 municipalities, that are allowed, and have laws, that pertain only to that district/municipality. That the central Swedish government regulates their governance to make sure it adheres to constitution’s, and central government law also regulates these areas.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Mange something with translation IDK. Municipalities can have different regulations, and breaking them can carry a penalty. But these are not laws.
The “central investigative authorities” are the same police institution and regional police, they’re just a different department so to speak.