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  • Police traffic enforcement has a social effectiveness
    The police have carried out enhanced enforcement of impaired driving during the month of July in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, the police breathalyzed a total of 64,000 vehicle drivers during this sp ...
    National Police Board Traffic
  • The most serious road traffic accidents typically occur within 80 km/h speed limit zones
    Recent years have seen roughly half of Finland as the focus of fatal road traffic accidents. As the map below shows, the majority of fatal accidents on Finnish roads in 2022–2023 occurred outsi ...
    National Police Board Traffic
  • Traineeship at the National Police Board: Diverse communication and valuable experience
    Students Assi Sipola and Julia Häkkinen spent their spring and summer as university trainees in communications at the National Police Board. In this blog, Assi and Julia tell what ...
    National Police Board Police operations and development
  • What is the future of mediation – questions about mediation
    In mediation, the parties involved in a criminal act come face to face with each other and search for a solution to the crime or dispute at hand, in cooperation with mediators. Mediators are no ...
    National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation Preventive Police Work
  • Search Engines as a tool for law enforcement to prevent youth cybercrime
    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 ...
    The National Bureau of Investigation
  • In a hurry to die and tired of life?
    Finnish drivers drive faster than average, when tired and hold a mobile phone when driving. An extensive international ESRA (E-Survey of Road Users' Attitudes) surveys traffic ...
    National Police Board Traffic
  • Does traffic safety matter?
    Did you know that every 23 seconds, someone dies in traffic in some part of the world? Every year, more than one million people are killed in traffic globally. No wonder then that the ...
    National Police Board Traffic
  • Tribute to criminal investigation professionals
    The prestigious Police Officer of the Year award was presented today, 8 November 2023, to Detective Senior Sergeant Ismo Venäläinen from Eastern Finland Police Department. At the same time, the cho ...
    National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation Police operations and development
  • Discussion on criminal phenomena – a balancing act with words and expressions
    Last week, the Orpo Cabinet published the Government statement to Parliament on promoting equality, gender equality and non-discrimination in Finnish society. The statement underlines that historic ...
    National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation Police operations and development
  • Measurement errors – a challenge in police crime statistics
    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 ...
    National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation Police operations and development
  • Are you a responsible cat owner?
    A cat is a small mammal that along with dogs is the most popular pet in Finland. There are an estimated some 600,000-1,000,000 cats in Finland and an estimated 20,000 of these are abandoned each ye ...
    Eastern Finland Police Department Law enforcement and response
  • Combatting online child sexual abuse calls for appropriate tools
    Last week, the District Court of Pirkanmaa passed judgment in an exceptionally extensive whole of crimes against children. The acts initiated mainly in the social media were targeted at 120 victims ...
    National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation
  • Runaway young face many dangers
    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 ...
    National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation Preventive Police Work
  • Police series made history, but now it’s time to look ahead
    There were exciting moments 14 years ago both on home sofas and in the police when the first episode of the Police (Poliisit) series appeared on television screens. Now, after 14 seasons, the journ ...
    National Police Board Police education Police operations and development
  • On the Day of Equality in Finland, we can be pleased with the success of the Finnish police in crisis management in the world
    Finland is a leader in the participation of women in crisis management and more broadly in building peace and security. In international forums, the Finnish police emphasise the importance of recru ...
    National Police Board Police operations and development