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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.
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