It was during an evening in September last year that a fight broke out in a parking lot next to a school in Rosengård.

Several young men were there and two of them started arguing, whereupon one man fired three shots.

Earlier that day, the police in the camera section had searched through the camera in the parking lot.

This is because they could see several criminal persons moving around the place.

And in the evening, the police could see in real time that three shots were fired.

- We call our patrolling colleagues on site, give a clear picture of the situation and detailed descriptions of the perpetrator, says Adrian Fusoi, one of the police officers who saw the crime when it happened.

Could the crime have been prevented completely in this case?

- As long as a crime has not been committed, we do not intervene.

It was only when we saw the weapon that we acted, says Jimmy Lindin.

"A decisive role"

The man was arrested just minutes later and in December he was convicted of aggravated weapons offences, aggravated unlawful threats and causing danger to another.

He himself believes that he acted in self-defence.

- It is not even certain that this crime would have come to the attention of the police if it were not for the cameras, says Jenny Olovsson, prosecutor in the case.

She also believes that it was crucial that patrolling police were near the scene, able to arrest the man and thereby secure technical evidence.

- There were many witnesses at the scene who saw this, but no one wanted to say anything at all during the investigation.

Therefore, the cameras had a decisive role.

The gun that the offender used when the crime was committed.

Photo: Photo: Police preliminary investigation

Real-time surveillance around the clock

During the year, more of the police's cameras will be set up in Malmö - at least 40.

- Right now we have people watching live during the day and evening, but by the end of the year the goal is for us to be able to have real-time surveillance around the clock, says Jimmy Lindin, section chief at the police.

The judgment from the Malmö District Court has been appealed and a new hearing will take place in February in the Court of Appeal.