The NAO claims in a critical report that so-called special events in serious crimes that last for a long time do more harm than good, for example by local police work suffering, when resources are taken from there to assist in the work.
This leads to damage to crime prevention work in these areas, which, among other things, makes it difficult to prevent recruitment to criminal gangs.
Disagree
Police disagree with that conclusion.
"The possible consequences that arise when extraordinary situations cause a change in resource needs cannot be attributed to the form of management but are a result of prioritization of the problem picture that the Police Authority currently has to deal with," the authority writes in a press release.
"One of the basic ideas of the police reform was to create the conditions for a nationally cohesive authority, to be able to use the authority's collective resource in an efficient way," it further writes.
National Police Chief Anders Thornberg was asked at a press conference on Tuesday about the criticism from the Swedish National Audit Office, but did not want to go into it because the press conference dealt with a different topic.
"But in general, it is important for us to have different reports that reflect how we work. We take the reports to heart, and we don't always share views that are in them," Thornberg said.
The Minister of Justice: Important
Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) does not want to go so far as to urge the police to take on board the criticism, but says in a written comment:
"I welcome the NAO's review, and it is of course important that the Police Authority now analyzes and draws its conclusions from the recommendations made. I will follow up on how this is taken care of by the authority."