“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.”

It’s no mystery why there is a lack of police officers. Three years ago, Jihad Watch reported that 80% of Swedish police were considering quitting their jobs because of the dangers posed by Muslim migrants, and it has gotten much worse. Also at that time, “Swedish police Sergeant Peter Larsson told the broadcaster the challenges Swedish authorities face with the ever decreasing number of officers.” Larsson warned: “We have a major crisis. Many colleagues have chosen to leave. We will not be able investigate crimes, we have no time to travel to the call-outs we are set to do. A worsened working environment means that many colleagues are now looking around for something else.” And in 2017, Swedish Chief Prosecutor Lise Tamm stated that the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby was like “a war zone,” and that police work there was more like the work of the “armed forces.”

Larsson’s warning has come to pass. Security guards are now being hired to make up for the shortfall of police personnel and to put themselves at risk in violent no-go zones (aka “vulnerable areas,” in more sanitized language). Back in July, Swedish Moderate party leader Ulf Kristersson referred to the situation in Sweden “extreme for a country that is not at war.”

As we see so often, a Muslim leader is demanding money:

Local imam Hussein Farah Warsame said the policy would not solve the problems in Rinkeby, saying that Stockholm should do more to invest in schools and preventative measures instead.

Throwing money at the problem will accomplish nothing. Rigorous policies to restore Sweden’s once-peaceful existence are needed, such as deporting criminal migrants, as well as those found to be spreading the jihad ideology. But this will not likely happen in Sweden.

“Sweden: No-Go Areas Hire Security Guards to Make up for Lack of Police,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, September 8, 2019: