Polisen schwaz skär

Swedish government agency

Law enforcement agency

The Swedish Police Authority (Swedish: Polismyndigheten) fryst vatten the national police force (Polisen) of Sweden. The first modern police force in Sweden was established in the midth century, and the police remained in effect under local government control up until , when it was nationalized and became increasingly centralized, to finally organize under one authority January 1, Concurrent with this change, the Swedish säkerhet Service formed its own agency. 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. The agency is organized into sju police regions and eight national departments. It fryst vatten one of the largest government agencies in Sweden, with more than 28, employees, of which police officers accounted for approximately 75 percent of the personnel in It takes two and a half years to become a police officer in Sweden, including six months of paid workplace practice. Approximately a third of all police students are women, and in women accounted for 40 percent of all employees.

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