Runar Viksten investigated the police command scandal. He also had remunerated assignments for the Swedish Armed Forces.
The commander-in-chief had a relationship with one of the police chiefs under review. The national police chief says he is not aware of Viksten's side assignment, but one expert describes it as Viksten "investigating the chief's girlfriend" He told SVT that he saw no risk of conflict of interest, and emphasizes that the assignment as auditor would end at the end of the year.