56 Swedish Police –Special investigations Department (SU) The department is an independent complaints directed towards the Police during the fiscal year 2015-16 amounted to 1,003 SU investigates, following a directive by the Special Riksdag. The Ombudsmen are completely independent in their decisions and answer directly to Riksdag. Each autumn they submit an annual report to the Riksdag, which contains an account of the work, carried out during the previous working year with statistics and a selection of decisions. The remit of SU is wider that police Ombudsmen are specifically tasked with ensuring that public authorities and courts abide by the provisions of the Instrument of Government concerning impartiality and objectivity and that the public sector does not infringe on the basic freedoms and rights of the citizens. The ombudsmen's supervision includes ensuring that public authorities deal with their cases and in general carry out their tasks in accordance with existing legislation. The ombudsmen's enquiries are prompted both by complaints filed by the public or initiated by the ombudsmen themselves. Regularly inspections are made of various public authorities and courts in the country. In the cases that special The ombudsmen have the right to issue advisory opinions intended to promote uniform and appropriate application of the law. In the role of extra-ordinary prosecutor, the ombudsmen may initiate legal proceedings against an official who, disregarding the obligations of his office or his mandate, has committed a criminal offence other than an offence against the Freedom of the Press Act and the right to freedom of expression. The ombudsmen may report a civil servant for dereliction of duty. The ombudsmen may recommend changes to statutes to either the Riksdag or the Government. The ombudsmen may refer cases to a regular supervisory authority for action by a public authority or a public official are in conflict with an existing law or other statute or are incorrect or inappropriate in some other way.