The former police officer and now the Liberals’ spokesperson on police issues Martin Melin has faced a lot of criticism for his statement about criminals and Gucci caps. It was during a press conference that Melin together with the government presented the proposal for visitation zones.
The visitation zones are criticized: “There is no evidence”
Martin Melin during the press conference on visitation zones. Photo: Samuel Steén/TT.”Many gang criminals wear gucci copy caps”
– Not everyone who walks around with gucci copy caps is a gang criminal, but many gang criminals wear gucci copy caps. Different groups have a certain style and that can change, but the police in the area can very well tell you what badges are worn there, said Martin Melin at the time.
In a follow-up interview in the program Efter fem, he defended the government’s proposal. This is how it sounded then:
– If we look at those who are shot and shot today, they have a foreign debt. It gets a bit silly if it’s just to be fair and we have to have a visitation zone in some area just for that.
Now Melin has said that he regrets his statement about the candy caps. Melin claims that he is not satisfied with the discussion that arose after his statement in the press conference.
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Martin Melin on the visitation zones: “Be good citizens”
The visitation zones should help protect the people who live in crime-prone areas, he says in an interview with Today’s ETC.
– The police want to say to these people that we are now making an effort here, we call it a safety zone. It will be more like: “Be good citizens, now we will invest in helping you,” he tells the newspaper.
Does not exclude Östermalm
In the same interview, Melin does not rule out that visitation zones may be used in more affluent and affluent areas such as Östermalm in Stockholm.
– I think the police should act before something happens and a uniformed police presence is the best crime prevention work there is – regardless of whether it concerns Stureplan or an exclusion area, says Martin Melin.
He is convinced that the police will keep track of which people are doing criminal things, and which are not. According to Melin, the police will not have time to check people who are not “engaging in crime”.
– There are no police officers who run around and check people who they do not suspect are involved in crime, there is no time for that, he tells Dagens ETC.
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