Published 12 September 2021 at 13.21
Domestic. More than 1,700 police officers have signed a petition to crack down on gang criminals, reports TV4 Nyheterna.
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The call was written by policewoman Hannah Bergelin after the police murder in Biskopsgården and then sent around among the police stations in the country.
– There is frustration with me and many other police officers who feel that we need more tools in our toolbox, says Hannah Bergelin to TV4.
The collection of names will now be handed over to responsible politicians in the Riksdag. It contains these requirements:
* Antisocial behavior towards blue-light staff must be punishable. The fact that criminals can disturb, provoke and display ruthless behavior towards blue-light personnel creates a signal value that raises their status in the criminal environment. The possibility of preventing serious crime would then increase sharply.
* Abolish the mass crime discount. A perpetrator who is convicted of several crimes should instead have the punishment increased.
* Abolish the penalty reduction/discount for persons when they are convicted of serious crimes. The reduction of punishment must also be removed if gang connection can be proven, regardless of the age of the perpetrator.
* Introduce increased punishment when the crime is linked to the gang environment. Being a gang member must be seen as a very aggravating circumstance.
* Before visitation zones. The police decide to set up a visitation zone for a short period when a conflict flares up in a special area. The police then have the right to carry out a body search without concrete criminal suspicion to check whether the person is carrying a weapon.
* Gang criminals are given tougher conditions in prisons, for example their opportunities for visits and leave are restricted when there is an ongoing conflict.
* Gang criminals can be sentenced to a restraining order in the area in which they are active. If they break the ban, they need to be sentenced to prison.
* The perpetrator who has a gang connection or if the act is classified as gang-related should be exempted from sections 6a and 23 of the Act with special provisions on young offenders. Section 6 a Anyone who has not reached the age of eighteen and who has been arrested or detained may be detained in police custody only if it is absolutely necessary. Section 23 Anyone who has not reached the age of eighteen may be arrested or detained only if there are special reasons.
* Before emergency courts for simpler crimes. Enable faster handling so that the crime committed has consequences in the near future.
* Increase the penalty value significantly for abuse in court so that it is not worth, for example, threatening witnesses before a trial.
* It needs to be punishable if a suspect perpetrator does not come to trial.
* Limit the suspect's right to transparency in the preliminary investigation before trial. The fact that the suspect is allowed to take part in all evidence means that he can leave a prepared story that is adapted to the investigation.
* Remove the principle of immediacy and the principle of oral procedure at trial. Everything that emerged during a preliminary investigation must be used and assessed in court. Also what a suspect, a witness or a plaintiff told at previous interrogations.
* It needs to be a criminal offense to escape from prison/institution.
* Expulsion must be the main rule when people without Swedish citizenship commit serious crimes. < br /> * As a rule, a conditional sentence should only be handed down at the first sentence.
* Give the police increased opportunities to camera-monitor public places. Existing camera surveillance has largely moved the crime from the monitored places.
* Police need explicit legal support to check the identity of people to detect wanted persons, identify criminal connections and be able to know if the person in front of them is an active criminal. < br /> * The Swedish Prison and Probation Service, the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judiciary need to be dimensioned to handle the increased number of cases the above would entail.