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Police must work more problem-oriented and analytical methods to stop gang violence, according to a new report.
The Rimfrost operation is condemned as a typical example of an inefficient line.
Contrary to the image of the police, the number of drug and weapon transfers arrested and reported in Malmö has not significantly decreased despite Operation Rimfrost, reports Dagens Nyheter.
This is demonstrated by a new report published by Linköping University, in which researchers compared police statements in the media with crime statistics.
– An important point in the report is to point out the image of the police of his work, which does not match the way police work is carried out, police investigator Stefan Holgersson tells DN.
“Operation Rimfrost had not been preceded by a comprehensive analysis or an elaborate plan,” the investigators write in the report, which concludes that the operation is a typical example of how the hierarchical organization of the police.
Fight within authority
Within the authority, there is a struggle between an old management philosophy and a new, more modern one, according to the report.
“The reason why the elderly is still the strongest may be related to the fact that a number of people with this attitude still occupy central positions in the police organization,” the researchers write and conclude that the ability of the police to dealing with gang shootings will not play out in a desirable way before the management changes. comes into being.
– In a soccer team, you would think it is time to change the coach. But in the police it is not like that, where management just moves, it is basically the same managerial injuries which means that the managerial philosophy does not change, although of course there are others, Holgersson tells DN.
Ignored alerts
The report further describes how executives in senior management positions in the police organization ignored warnings from field staff about ongoing development in socio-economically vulnerable areas.
In the same way, police personnel emphasized how the change in police work against drug crimes could lead to the growth of serious organized crime, with an escalation of conflict and serious violent crime as a result. The change meant that the authority cut specialized functions to work with drugs. According to the researchers, the development shows that the staff was right.
To be successful in stopping violence, the police must be able to work more problem-oriented, absorb criticism, and develop by learning.
– What we say is that you have to work with a more precise analysis of what the problem is, says co-author Johannes Knutsson, DN professor emeritus of police research.
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