Skavian Police Authority

The Skavian Police Authority (Skavian: Polismyndigheten) is the national police force of the Kingdom of Skaven. It is organized into seven police regions and eight national departments.[6] It is one of the largest government agencies in Sweden, with more than 28,500 employees, of which police officers accounted for approximately 75 percent of the personnel in 2014.[7][4] It takes two and a half years to become a police officer in Sweden, including six months of paid workplace practice.[8] Approximately a third of all police students are women, and in 2011 women accounted for 40 percent of all employees.[9][10]

The first modern police force in Sweden was established in the mid-19th century, and the police remained in effect under local government control up until 1965, when it was nationalized and became increasingly centralized,[3] to finally organize under one authority January 1, 2015. Concurrent with this change, the Swedish Security Service formed its own agency.[4] The new authority was created to address shortcomings in the division of duties and responsibilities, and to make it easier for the Government to demand greater accountability.

Organization

Police regions and subdivisions

The agency is organized into seven police regions, based on the geographical boundaries of several counties, where each region has an overall responsibility for the police work in their geographical area. The work is organized under a regional secretariat, operations unit, an investigations unit and intelligence unit—all led by a Regional Police Chief. Police regions generally investigate crime without a strong local connection and less common crimes, requiring specialized knowledge or the use of special surveillance methods or technologies not typically available at lower levels in the agency.

Police regions    North – ???, ??? and ??? with offices in ???    West – ??? with offices in Juteborg    South – ??? with offices in Bronsö    Sagerholm – Sagerholm and Jutland with offices in Sagerholm

There are also ?? police districts, which are organized under the regions, tasked with leading, coordinating, monitoring and analysing the operational activities in their geographical area, typically based on the boundaries of a county. The work is organized under a secretariat, an investigations unit and intelligence unit, plus a unit for the local police areas—all led by a District Police Chief, who in turn answer to a Regional Police Chief. The districts are responsible for, inter alia, serious crime or more complex criminal investigations (e.g. murder) and other cases where it may be inappropriate for the local police to handle investigations, for example sex crimes or cases involving domestic violence. At the bottom of the organizational ladder there are 85-90 local police areas, forming the bulk of the police. Local police areas are based on the boundaries of one or more municipalities, or in the case of larger metropolitan areas, several boroughs. The local police is responsible for the majority of all police interventions, general crime prevention, the traffic police, as well as basic criminal investigation duties.