Since 2010, I have served as a member of the police board. The board's task is to have insight into police work and to serve as the public's eyes on police operations. I take my role on the board very seriously. The police and policing issues have always interested me, and as a board member it is my duty and responsibility to stay informed about police work and to have insight into their activities.
On dozens of occasions I have patrolled the streets and squares of Malmö together with duty officers and uniformed police. During these shifts I have been able to follow police work at close range and see the challenges officers face. The insight I have gained into uniformed policing has given me substantial knowledge of police work. I have also visited the KC (Communications Centre) and the Criminal Intelligence Service. To gain even greater insight into police operations, I spent an entire working day accompanying Police Chief Ulf Sempert, head of the Malmö police district.
I took part in meetings and followed the police chief in his day-to-day work to make Malmö a safer city. Among other things, we reviewed statistics and could see that violence in public places had fallen quite dramatically in areas where it had previously been common. All the figures we examined showed very strong results for the Malmö Police.
It is not easy to be police chief of Sweden's third-largest city, where in recent years we have had a large number of fatal shootings and a serial shooter. Despite this, Police Chief Ulf Sempert, together with his staff and our courageous police officers in the city, has impressively led the Malmö Police to become an example for the rest of Sweden.
My confidence in the police chief and Malmö's police officers is extremely high, and I am proud to serve on a board where I can closely follow the development of the Malmö Police.