In order for the city to be able to hire security guards at certain times and places in accordance with the law on security guards, LOV, permission from the police is required.
Guards, on the other hand, are not under the same legislation and can therefore work all over the city around the clock.
Different powers
- We will prioritize the areas where we have been refused to have security guards.
There have been mixed reasons for the refusals, sometimes the police's legal unit has lacked statistics so that there would be enough disturbances.
In other places, the disturbances have been of the nature that it is the police who are needed rather than security guards, says Erik Slottner (KD), councilor for the elderly and security in the city of Stockholm.
Hear him explain what guards, unlike security guards, may and may not do in the clip.
Total bill: SEK 95 million
The new guards will cost the city SEK 5 million in 2021. Already, around 100 security guards have been hired and in total the city will have around 120 security guards and guards this year.
The sum for everything will be SEK 95 million, according to Erik Slottner.
- I think that municipalities should not only work with prevention but also with crime-intervening work, he says.