Faster prosecution is a way of working to be able to quickly prosecute crimes that do not require a comprehensive police investigation.

The working method means that the police on site complete the preliminary investigation and issue a fine or book a preliminary time for trial.

- The person who is a suspect must have his case tried faster and get his verdict or be acquitted, says Anna Sjöman, lawyer at Eksjö District Court.

Experience from other counties

Several other district courts around the country have already introduced the working method.

In Örebro County, it was recently introduced and there are intervention police officers that SVT has spoken to are satisfied with the method, despite the fact that it means more tasks for those in external service.

- I think it worked very well.

Better than expected, says Jimmy Norlén, police officer in external service.

The goal is a maximum of six weeks' wait

The goal is to reduce the time from crime to decision in court to a maximum of six weeks.

- It is good that we can speed up the process while maintaining legal certainty.

Legal security is always most important, says Karin Nacke, lawyer at Jönköping District Court.

The trial operation with faster prosecution at the county's district courts will begin on 10 March.

In the clip below, you hear police officers in Örebro tell how it feels that it has been since the new fast track for certain crimes was introduced in January.

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Intervention police officers Jimmy Norlén and Emil Ivarsson have been working with Faster prosecution for a few weeks.

Photo: Philip Naskret / SVT