SVT has already told us earlier this year that the police in Östergötland want to increase camera surveillance in Linköping and that Skäggetorp is one of the areas where they want to set up cameras.
There will be 11 cameras around the center in Skäggetorp, 9 cameras around the main square and the neighboring streets and 7 cameras around the center in Berga. On the maps you can see where the cameras will be set up, according to police planning.
- The permit application is submitted to the Data Inspectorate, but even before we get the permit we can set up cameras, says Thomas Redlund, who is the regional responsible for the camera introduction in Region East.
Police only problem now: Cameras are missing.
- We are waiting for cameras and technology and it is leaning towards getting it after the turn of the year, says Thomas Redlund.
But already this summer, the police have decided to extend camera surveillance on the bar-tight Ågatan in central Linköping. After all, the police got a backlash from the administrative court two years ago when they wanted to monitor the street intersection around the clock. It should only happen in the evenings and nights during weekends when the risk of crime is greatest, the administrative court decided.
Since then, a new camera law has been adopted and it has become considerably easier for the police to obtain permission to monitor public places.
- We can also make 90-day decisions pending permission from the Data Inspectorate, says Thomas Redlund.
This is such a decision that means that Ågatan is now being monitored around the clock, 24 hours a day, every day of the week.
Learn more about how the camera surveillance should go in the video above.