After serving as deputy and interim head prosecutor in Amsterdam between December 1998 and June 2001 Swagerman became prosecutor-general of the Netherlands Antilles.

[5] In November 2020, as chair of the platform, he argued for more small scale security experiments in which the police, BOA's and civilians cooperate.

[6] In the 2011 Senate elections Swagerman obtained a seat for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and took office on 7 June.

[1] In March 2015 Swagerman accused MP's criticizing Security and Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten of "shameless political games".

[7] In the Senate Swagerman voted for an againstment which would end the possibility that a person cannot be re-tried after a final verdict of acquittal.