Swedish police chief Dan Eliasson resigns

[Player Twelve]

https://www.thelocal.se/20180131/swe...on-resigns-msb

The head of Sweden's national police, Dan Eliasson, has resigned to lead disaster preparedness agency MSB.
"I would of course have loved to have continued working with all the police’s fantastic personnel," Eliasson said in a statement announcing his decision on Wednesday. "But I think it will be a lot of fun to lead a new agency with a crucial role for society."

A civil servant rather than a career policeman, Eliasson has faced frequent criticism from Sweden's right-wing opposition ever since he was appointed National Police Commissioner in November 2014.

Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the populist Sweden Democrats, has waged a long campaign for Eliasson's dismissal, calling him "a catastrophe for the police corps”.

"It is of course extremely positive for the police that Dan Eliasson is stepping down as National Commissioner," he said.

Annie Lööf, leader of the Centre Party, also welcomed the move, calling it "an important step towards bringing a calm work environment to the organisation".

A Sifo poll carried out in December 2016, the most recent national poll on confidence in the police, found that only 11 percent of respondents had any confidence in his leadership, compared to 50 percent who said they had "little" or "very little" confidence.

In a press conference after the announcement, Morgan Johansson, Sweden's justice minister, denied that Eliasson had effectively been sacked.

"We judged that when the reorganisation of the police was complete and was starting to bring results, that brought the police into a new phase," he said. "Therefore, we felt that this was the right time for a change."

As Eliasson was appointed, the police was reorganized from 21 local divisions to seven regional ones coordinated under a single national organization.

"They've been some tough years, but now the reorganization now completed," Eliasson said in his statement. "a reevaluation of police wages has also been begun."

Eliasson takes over as head of the Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) as it works to rebuild Sweden's Cold War system of Civil Defence, which sees civilian agencies work together to protect Sweden in the event of war. He will take over the post on March 5th.

Eliasson has previously headed Sweden's Säpo security service, the Swedish Migration Agency, and the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.

"He's going to do a good job," Johansson said. "This is one of our most experienced agency heads."

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At first I cheered because we'll probably get someone with a hint of competence as the police chief now. Then I realized he's going to be responsible for MSB and we'll be fucked if russia invades because of him reorganizing the shelters in the midst of the invasion.

[ParanoiD84]

About fucking time.

[Mormolyce]

And this is significant because...?

<Insert something other than right wing xenophobic wet dream here>

[Player Twelve]

And this is significant because...?

<Insert something other than right wing xenophobic wet dream here>

Because he's incompetent and we're finally rid of him as the police chief. Sad part is that he's going to be responsible for MSB which will see him reorganizing our bomb shelters in the midst of a russian invasion if one should happen. That's how incompetent he is.

[Mifuyne]

Russian Invasion

[Mormolyce]

Because he's incompetent and we're finally rid of him as the police chief. Sad part is that he's going to be responsible for MSB which will see him reorganizing our bomb shelters in the midst of a russian invasion if one should happen. That's how incompetent he is.

So... you going to tell me in what way he's incompetent? Surely that's the meat of the story?

[Tiwack]

Knowing who the sheriff is or going so far as to evaluate his work like he's the sole factor to your shit-show isn't so great as you make it out to be... Underlying issues lawmakers have to solve to prevent people from falling through the cracks and cause a fuss when they could be attributing to society instead. Unless you want police militarized to escalate I fail to see how replacing one guy for another solves anything.

[Travis B]

So... you going to tell me in what way he's incompetent? Surely that's the meat of the story?

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it has something to do with the chief not arresting enough Muslims and/or brown people for the OP's liking.

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I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it has something to do with the chief not arresting enough Muslims and/or brown people for the OP's liking.

What a shock they happen to commit the most crimes.

[Zython]

What a shock they happen to commit the most crimes.

[citation needed]

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[citation needed]

Everytime someone asks this proceeds to ignore said citation because reasons.

[Najnaj]

He was hired for his organizational skills during a phase of heavy change in the Swedish police. He has finished that job and is now getting another post where he will do the exact same thing in a military agency. His job was not to win popularity contests, it was to rip an organization apart and piece it back together again. It was needed and long over due...but ruffled a lot of feathers...as expected.

Noone is going to be surprised that a populist politician is talking his usual pointless shit about someone hired to do an unpopular job. Had he done a poor job he would be our new ambassador to Uruguay... not rehired to his old job in a new place.

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He was hired for his organizational skills during a phase of heavy change in the Swedish police. He has finished that job and is now getting another post where he will do the exact same thing in a military agency. His job was not to win popularity contests, it was to rip an organization apart and piece it back together again. It was needed and long over due...but ruffled a lot of feathers...as expected.

Noone is going to be surprised that a populist politician is talking his usual pointless shit about someone hired to do an unpopular job. Had he done a poor job he would be our new ambassador to Uruguay... not rehired to his old job in a new place.

The police never functioned this poorly. We are losing newly trained officers because they think everything just sucks, he's extremely unpopular.

He did the same thing to Försäkringskassan and they are still reeling trying to function. He's know for his utter incompetence in most fields.
You had alot of good people with experience in the field that could be used both in fk and at the police.

The only reason he got to change was because it's close to election and the sitting party don't want him being used as a bat against they to point out how poorly they've handled things.

[Strawberry]

Dan Eliasson was the head of the company I work for before he switched to the cops. I can tell you he was just as disliked at Försäkringskassan (Swedish Social Insurance Company) as he is now with the police.

Although I don't really see how this is interesting to most people outside Sweden.
There's nothing special about him. He's just not a great leader.

Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the populist Sweden Democrats.

I disagree with that statement.

[Strawberry]

Good for you, without any rebuttal statement explaining why it's completely pointless though.

Because it's not a populist party.

[Xarkan]

Because it's not a populist party.

I am curious then

What is your definition of a populist party and which are the ways that the Sweden Democrats prove they are not?

[Fojos]

So he already ruined three departments and now he gets to ruin a fourth. To have friends in high places.

This guy would never survive in private companies.

[Strawberry]

I am curious then

What is your definition of a populist party and which are the ways that the Sweden Democrats prove they are not?

There is no such thing as a populist party. When used in politics, it's oxymoron.

[Xarkan]

There is no such thing as a populist party. When used in politics, it's oxymoron.

In that case define the non existing populist political [philosophy]?

[tankbug]

So he already ruined three departments and now he gets to ruin a fourth. To have friends in high places.

This guy would never survive in private companies.

If you have friends in high places, or "your daddy is rich", you can get away with a lot of things in private companies as well.