Since the summer of 2017, the Municipality of Uppsala has employed order guards moving in the city center and in Gottsunda. Last year, they reported 5,621 incidents that were about "disrupting crimes and behaviors that make others feel unsafe," according to Uppsala Municipality. This is a decrease of one quarter from the previous year.

The most common are reprimands, which with cyclists counted happened 2,209 times. Close behind is the category "youth collection" with 1,580 listings.

- It is not a question of dissolving a youth group, but of reprimanding them or asking them to restrain themselves. Guys in a group that behave loudly can scare others without thinking about it themselves, says Erik Pelling (S), chairman of the local council.

- It is clear that young people may be in groups, but one important reason why we started with security guards was the need to have more adults in town when there are many youth gangs moving.

In total, the order guards, which cost SEK 6 million each year, accounted for 40 arrests and called police on 214 occasions.

The cityscape has changed

One of the order guards who has been with him since its inception is Oscar Diaz Sanchez.

- As it seems today, it did not look then. Young people and other people have noticed our presence and are not moving as much in the city center anymore. But that means that the problems just move on, because when we see one place every day for six months, people move to a different place, he says.

Can more visible guards lead to more conflicts?

- I wouldn't say that. It's all about how you treat each other. If you wear the uniform and then act, in a reliable and not petty manner, then there should be no threat picture just of the existence of a guard.

In the clip above, Oscar Diaz tells Sanchez how he looks at his job.