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x00z@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSo 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 3 weeks 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.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Have they removed the county mark on the side?
It was a while since I saw a police car, but I remember seeing “Stockholms Län” on the side
lud@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I haven’t seen one in a while either, but looking at images it does indeed appear that there are no region markings on the cars.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I had a look on the instragrsm account blåljusbilder, and you are right, there isn’t any markings for regions/counties on the cars, it might have been a period when they tried it but realized it wouldn’t work for some reason