After all the murders, the serious crime investigators in the Stockholm North police area have sounded the alarm to their safety representatives.
Many say they wanted to see greater support as the death toll increased.
One of them is the investigator Caroline Asplund who gets the feeling that Järva in northwest Stockholm is as forgotten as the development will never be better.
But Johan Olsson does not agree that the area should be downgraded.
- Basically, it is the case that vulnerable areas have a higher police staff than other areas.
We move resources to where we have the biggest problems, and now it's Stockholm.
But a strengthening of resources is a transfer of resources, if we are to become strong in the long term, we must become more, says Johan Olsson.
The gang shootings were difficult to solve
Since 2018, 17 young men have been shot dead in Järva, of which only one murder has been solved.
Johan Olsson is not happy with the outcome but sees success elsewhere.
- The police prosecute very many individuals, it is very gratifying that we prosecute more and more who are higher up in the hierarchies.
When it comes to gang shootings, they are incredibly difficult to cope with, they take place outdoors and it happens with firearms where there is no direct connection between the perpetrator and the perpetrator, says Johan Olsson.
Want more tools
In order for more serious violent crimes to be solved, the police need more tools, says Johan Olsson, and mentions the Encrochat evidence as an example.
- There we saw what opportunity we got when we could proactively listen to these people.
Then we have a completely different opportunity to prosecute not only the perpetrators but also those who order the murders, says Johan Olsson.