The situation in Stockholm is described as strained with serious crime and shootings.
Of the 180 police officers to be transferred to the capital, about a quarter, 45 police officers, come from region west.
The majority are police officers who currently work in Gothenburg.
Something that Göteborgs Posten was the first to report on.
- When we are a national police force, we help each other.
And Stockholm is having a hard time now, says Erik Nord, head of the Greater Gothenburg police area.
At the same time, he believes that the relocation will affect the work of the police in Gothenburg.
- Ultimately, it will affect our ability to investigate mass crimes such as theft and burglary, says Erik Nord.
May be lower presence in exposed areas
The relocation of 180 police officers to Stockholm is based on the fact that the serious violent crime has increased there, with many fatal shootings among criminal gangs as a result.
To exclude police officers from their own activities to help, Erik Nord sees as a matter of course, but it can have consequences for the police's own work against gang crime in Gothenburg.
- If it does, it is on the margin, but it may be that our presence in the vulnerable areas will be a little lower during this period, says Erik Nord, head of the Greater Gothenburg police area.