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May 25, 2012
Police chief's emergency ignored by Säpo
Published: 11 Sep 09 08:49 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22012/20090911/
Swedish security service Säpo failed last week to respond to an emergency call from the Stockholm County police chief, Carin Götblad, prompting an internal investigation.
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Instead, she used an emergency call button with a direct link to Säpo in an effort to get help – but no one came.
The agency is now investigating the incident, the Aftonbladet newspaper reports.
“We view what happened very seriously,” Säpo spokesperson Patrik Peter told the newspaper.
The accident took place toward the end of last week when Götblad fell and injured herself in her apartment in Stockholm.
When no one from Säpo showed up, she was forced to crawl out onto the street where she received help from a passer-by.
She was eventually taken to hospital in an ambulance to undergo an operation for the injury.
Säpo has now launched an internal investigation into why the alarm didn’t function properly.
“It remains unclear as to whether it was a technical malfunction or an error in how the call was handled,” Peter told the newspaper.
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"areas of responsibility are counter-espionage, anti-terrorist activities, protection of the constitution and protection of sensitive objects, including royal and diplomatic protection"
Even if Säpo slacked off on responding I thought she would wan't to keep the whole incident quiet? What with abusing resources to help her hurt knee.
First it says that she has "injured her knee and left her unable to reach the telephone"
Then we learn that finally "she was forced to crawl out onto the street where she received help from a passer-by".
Why in the world would she crawl to out if she could have instead crawled to her phone? I bet she has a normal line as well as one (maybe even more) mobile phone as well. Or is a passer-by more trusted than 112 nowadays?
Or, better yet, there is a lesson for us all: don't ever call emergency, call for passer-by's. Stockholm police chief must have some insider info on that, for sure.