It is during interventions that police officers are at greatest risk of being injured on the job. Statistics show that the number of work-related injuries in connection with interventions has decreased since 2020. One possible explanation is the body cameras that police now wear on duty.
It is based on the person against whom the police are intervening perceiving that the body camera is turned on, that is, that it is lit, says Morgan Fredvi, HR analyst at the Swedish Police Authority, to TV4.
You realize the seriousness of the situation, that "oh, now I'm being filmed."
During the first eight months of the year, 482 work-related injuries were registered during interventions, compared with 622 during the same period in 2020.
