The National Forensic Center, NFC, is playing an increasingly important role for Swedish police with technological development.
Evidence must be secured through, among other things, analyzes of hard disks, fingerprints and facial recognition.
But at the same time, NFC has repeatedly been criticized for long processing times.
Recently, Ekot reported that a prosecutor has chosen to release a suspected drug offender despite the risk of new crimes, due to the expected long processing time at NFC.
- It is worrying and we are working hard to come to terms with it.
Among other things, we have now had the opportunity to bring in additional employees, says NFC manager Helena Trolläng to SVT.
Many want to quit
But especially among employees, there is also great dissatisfaction.
A new survey conducted by the trade union Akavia together with Saco-S shows that many in NFC want to change jobs.
- We can not afford to lose our employees at NFC, which is such an important part of the police, says Lena Amorøe, national safety representative at the Police.
According to Helena Trolläng, they work actively to improve the work environment.
- It is important that we take into account how the employees feel, she says.
Incorrect handling of information
But according to a new report, the dissatisfaction can partly also be explained by a neglected IT development.
Last year, NFC's digital law enforcement received harsh criticism from the police's internal auditors, and as one of several measures, the NFC chief was commissioned by the National Police Chief to analyze the consequences of IT development lagging behind.
SVT has taken part in the analysis which shows several serious shortcomings.
Including:
Old computers are not replaced.
The number of program licenses has been reduced.
Information risks being mishandled both legally and in terms of IT security, as a new national IT environment is delayed.
New employees lack equipment to do their job, which creates a risk that staff will quit due to dissatisfaction.
When SVT asks the NFC manager, she says she does not recognize the problems - or the report.
After the interview, the press department sends a comment stating that they are working to step by step fix the problems.
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