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Mats Lofving (2022)
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Stockholm regional police chief and deputy Swedish national police chief Mats Löfving was found dead at his home on Wednesday evening.
"The investigation into the death is ongoing and the police are working to clarify what happened," the police said late Wednesday evening.
There have been preliminary investigations into Löfving since December 2022 for gross misconduct on duty in connection with a private relationship that the police chief is said to have had with a colleague.
The investigations included whether Löfving should have made the woman head of department in 2015.
In addition, it should be clarified, for example, whether he was guilty of a disciplinary offense when he assigned her a service weapon in 2020.
Preliminary investigation results
Preliminary results of the investigations were announced on Wednesday before Löfving's death.
The investigator responsible had advised the Swedish police chief, among other things, to consider separating from Löfving or at least removing him from his chief position.
After the death of the Stockholm police chief, the investigation was dropped.
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