Editing Security police (section)

===Sweden===
[[File:Tunnelbanan.jpg|thumb|Swedish ''[[ordningsvakt]]'' in the [[Stockholm metro]]]]
An ''[[ordningsvakt]]'' (”order-guard”) is a person deputized by the [[Swedish Police Authority]] to act as a law enforcement officer with limited police powers. Their main mission is to assist in maintaining public order. 

An ''ordningsvakt'' may carry a [[Baton (law enforcement)|baton]], [[firearm]], and [[handcuffs]],  may use a [[police dog]], and is authorized to use force if necessary to maintain order. An ''ordningsvakt'' may reject, remove and, if necessary, detain, a person who disturbs the public order in his area of responsibility. He may also detain persons suffering from [[alcohol intoxication]], seize [[alcoholic beverages]], make a [[citizen's arrest]] (as everyone else), seize [[evidence]] after a citizen's arrest, and [[Search and seizure|search]] a detained person. Detained persons and evidence are to be turned over to the police, who has a general command authority over him. An ''ordningsvakt'' carries a special badge, and, since 2012, wears a standardized uniform (irrespective of employer).<ref>[https://polisen.se/Lagar-och-regler/Ordningsvakter/ "Ordningsvakter." ''Polisen.''] Retrieved 2018-02-12.</ref> 

In February 2021, there were 7,830 persons deputized as ''ordningsvakter'' in [[Sweden]]. Of these, about 4,100 were employed by security companies while the rest had personal assignments from private or public clients. Previously, the assignments were mostly on a persona basis keeping public order at public events of a short duration such as soccer games and dances. 

Nowadays they also serve as employees of security firms on a permanent basis in the [[Stockholm metro]], in courts and at public meetings in municipalities and regions.<ref>Government of Sweden  (2021). ''En ny lag om ordningsvakter m.m.'' (SOU SOU 2021:38). Stockholm, p. 53.</ref> The number of sworn police officers in Sweden were at about the same time 20,942.<ref>[https://www.regeringen.se/artiklar/2021/01/ny-statistik-visar-pa-rekordnivaer-av-antalet-polisanstallda/  "Ny statistik visar på rekordnivåer av antalet polisanställda." ''Regeringskansliet.''] Retrieved 2022-02-13.</ref>