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Pontus Jansson, Henok Goitom, Johan Larsson, Alexander Kacaniklic, Marcus Berg and Ola Toivonen are some of the best-known players who on Wednesday, along with other fan profiles, came out to appeal to the Swedish police.
Unsurprisingly, the appeal concerns the so-called conditional police ladder; a more offensive strategy that the police implemented a few years ago with the aim of reducing disturbances, such as the use of fireworks, in matches. The scale of conditions has previously been heavily criticized by much of the football movement, and now has the support of several household names.
“We know that there are problems in the Swedish fan culture. We are definitely not trying to sweep anything under the rug. Police cases will always be police cases. We just want to say that the crimes foreseen are not proportional to the measures. And we probably think that Swedish soccer-loving people agree with us when we say that the resources of the police work better in other places, much more criminal, ”they write, among other things.
The wish of the group is that “dialogue and cooperation” are the watchwords in football, not that the scale of conditions be used.
“This is a call to the police. A call to capture your senses and sit down and re-converse with all parties in football. A call to drop the ladder of hatred and instead go back to the old strategy. extremely successful where dialogue and cooperation have been the watchwords “.
Currently, the National Department of Police Operations, Noa, is responsible for the matter. When Fotbollskanalen contacted the police in October last year to learn of the authority’s assessment of the 2019 season (which incidentally showed that 26 games could have been dissolved that season due to the situation of order), the authority wrote in an email that he intends to continue trying to have a good dialogue with the football representatives.
Per Engström, who is the police chief, has previously refused to appear for an interview with Fotbollskanalen.
