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Search Engines as a tool for law enforcement to prevent youth cybercrime
8.3.2024 15.07
Finnish law enforcement is actively working to prevent cybercrime committed by young people and during the past years has, for example, used Google Ads as a tool to warn youth about the illegal
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Measurement errors – a challenge in police crime statistics
28.8.2023 13.55
The volume of crimes in the statistics, i.e. the police recorded criminality, may be influenced by the volume of control, among other factors. If in a certain area the volume of a particular type o
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Runaway young face many dangers
13.4.2023 9.42
The young leaving without permission from foster care units are often on their own, facing a great risk of falling victim of crimes, or becoming perpetrators themselves. For example, the runaway ma
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Russia’s war in Ukraine changing the security environment – the police are prepared for all situations
2.3.2023 16.19
Russia’s relentless war of aggression began in Ukraine a year ago. At the same time, Finland immediately began to reassess its security environment. The police have now been preparing for various i
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Solution to street gang problem not only in Police hands
6.2.2023 16.27
During the past couple of years, the Finnish authorities have become aware of the street gang phenomenon, also present in recent public discussions. One word or term hardly ever captures all aspect
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Young people’s cry for help calls for joint effort by entire society
24.1.2023 14.57
Society changes and evolves, and the direction is mostly positive. The young are the makers of our future, and it is their job to see, experience and experiment, dream, aspire, fail and learn. To g
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Pre-trial investigations delayed due to police resources being insufficient in relation to the number of tasks
10.11.2022 15.21
According to the decision (1510/2021, in Finnish) of the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland, issued on Tu
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Changes in operating environment of internal security – enhanced international and operative Police collaboration
31.10.2022 14.51
As a result of comprehensive trends in the security environment, law enforcement authorities have had to react to increasingly multiform threat scenarios over the past few years. New manifestations
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Cyclist on pedestrian crossing and cycle lane crossing – who gives way?
31.10.2022 13.48
Does the cyclist have the right to drive on using the pedestrian crossing and who is obligated to give way in that case? Is the driver of a vehicle on the roadway obligated to give way to a cyclist
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A prank can be cybercrime
25.10.2022 14.32
October 2002 is the tenth European Cybersecurity Month aimed at raising awareness of cybersecurity. The police participate in the campaign with the same message as in previous years: Our operating
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Finland doesn’t utilize the opportunity offered by EU to improve internal security
6.10.2022 12.54
The Police finds it detrimental to the internal security of the Schengen area that Finland should prohibit, based on its Aliens Act, the storage of registered fingerprints and photos in the SIS (Sc
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Young people's responsibility for their lives is increasing – is this right in traffic?
20.9.2022 9.55
Increased mental health challenges and anxiety among young people The school year has again got underway. School burnout has recently become more common and, for example, learning difficu
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Decisions related to animals based on careful deliberations
8.9.2022 15.07
The decisions made by the Police on large predators are always based on valid legislation, cooperation, careful deliberation and updated instructions, Chief Superintendent Kai Vepsäläinen of the Na
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With careful planning, trial drug consumption rooms may involve opportunities
4.8.2022 13.27
Trial drug consumption rooms are a theme regularly debated in public. Now, the citizens’ initiative to trial supervised drug consumption rooms has received more than 50,000 signatures, and will pro
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Electric scooters pose challenges for the police
23.6.2022 11.47
Light electric vehicles, that is, electric scooters, have returned to the cityscape and public debate has started about them. The debate is characterised by the various challenges to traffic
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