The origin of the police investigation was that Mats Löfving, regional police chief in Stockholm, was reported for crimes against former colleague Linda Staaf, head of intelligence at the National Operative Department, with whom he reportedly had a private relationship.
In the investigation that was presented on Wednesday, it emerged that Mats Löfving acted aggressively in several situations concerning Staaf.
Later on Wednesday evening, Mats Löfving was found dead in his home.
Should be handled internally
According to labor law expert Tommy Iseskog, discrimination issues are classified as a personnel matter and should therefore have been handled internally.
The investigation also fails to answer essential questions about the work environment.
- It is a mixture of matters of principle and a personnel matter, and the fundamentals have not been touched at all, namely the working environment that has been had in the individual case and perhaps in the rest at the Police Authority, says Tommy Iseskog.
A fundamental problem is that the investigation was commissioned by the wrong body, Iseskog believes.
- The national police chief should not have ordered an investigation that would deal with his actions, it should have been done by the Ministry of Justice, says Tommy Iseskog.
Sticks to conclusions
Runar Viksten, who is behind the police investigation, tells SVT that he stands by his conclusions.
- You can always use hindsight, but the investigation rests on work that I have done for two months and what I have reached there.
It's not something I back down from now, I stand by what I've come to, says Runar Viksten.
National Police Chief Anders Thornberg has responded via the police's press service that he will not give comments on Thursday.