Due to a lack of police officers, several no-go “vulnerable areas” in Sweden have been forced to hire security guards in an effort to combat crime and violence.
The municipality of Söderhamn is one of the areas forced to pay for security guards as there are currently no municipal police available to patrol the city centre with the local government diverting funds to pay for the guards, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports.The article offers no explanation why the money could not have been spent to simply hire more police. That it is a no-go area suggests that it isn't lack of police, but that the police simply can't operate safely in the area. This, in turn, suggests that the money is going to be used to hire "security guards" from the immigrant population--essentially a type of pay off to the immigrant community.
In the northern suburbs of Stockholm, where some of the most notorious no-go areas such as Rinkeby, Tensta, Husby, and Järva are located, around 70 million Swedish Kronor ($7,272,300/£5,915,700) has been invested in hiring security guards.
“They could support the police and help curb drug trafficking. If we overcome drug trafficking and the use of drugs in Järva, it would reduce the number of shootings in the area,” local Christian Democrat politician Erik Slottner said.
As I mentioned a couple days ago, there is a certain irony to Sweden's immigrant problems given Sweden's past financial and diplomatic support for African Nationalist groups such as the MPLA of Angola, FRELIMO of Mozambique, SWAPO of South West Africa/Namibia, ZANU and ZAPU of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and ANC of South Africa. It was all fun and games when the African Nationalists were in southern Africa, but quite a different matter when they are in Sweden.
By the way, I had cited to a book called "Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa." You can find a PDF of that book here. See also "Sweden and Mandela's anti-apartheid struggle," and article published by The Local.
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