With a series of articles in DN early 1997, Hans Bergstrom introduced “the New York model” for policing. The articles were preceded by a study trip to New York in the fall of 1996. By taking smaller life quality crimes seriously, New York had been able to transform the city from chaos into one of the safest and most attractive cities in the world. The basic elements of this extremely successful new strategy for policing were presented here for the first time to the Swedish public. The articles inspired similar reform efforts in Sweden.