M wants 30-day bans for threatening behaviour on streets
Sweden's Moderate Party wants police to be able to bar people who act threateningly from specified public areas for about 30 days.
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The party calls the proposal a “safety-enhancing area ban”. Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer said it would extend current residence-ban powers and the Public Order Act, which lets police remove someone causing an immediate disturbance.
The proposed power is meant to target what Strömmer described as “antisocial behaviour” on streets and squares. He said the existing ability to move someone on was only a temporary solution.
The measure was announced as an election pledge, not enacted law. Strömmer said the details still need to be investigated. Reporting available on Monday did not specify a legal definition, evidence threshold, appeal route, geographic limit, cost or start date.
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