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  • Police investigating death in Hietalahti

    Categories: Publication date:18.9.2025 10.07

    A woman fell from a balcony on Hietalahdenkatu in Helsinki shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, and died.

    Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Offences and criminal investigation News Keywords criminal cases Helsinki Police Department

  • About one in seven riders of electric scooters ride the scooter on weekend evenings while intoxicated

    Categories: Publication date:17.9.2025 11.43

    About one in seven, or 15 per cent, of electric scooter riders who are breathalysed on a weekend evening ride the scooter while so intoxicated that they get a traffic penalty fee of 200 euros.

    Keywords: National Police Board Traffic News Keywords organisations traffic road traffic land traffic National Police Board

  • Nordic cooperation prepares for new crime phenomena and a more demanding operating environment

    Categories: Publication date:4.9.2025 10.50

    Nordic police commissioners convened in Stockholm on 26-28 August 2025. New crime phenomena and an increasingly demanding operating environment are being addressed through cooperation between the...

    Keywords: National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation Preventive Police Work Front page top news News Keywords criminal cases pre-emption National Police Board Nordic countries

  • The National Police Board intervened again in the unlawful marketing of gambling by social media influencers

    Categories: Publication date:3.9.2025 10.00

    The National Police Board has prohibited the marketing of gambling by two different social media influencers in violation of the Lotteries Act. Both prohibition decisions were served on the parties...

    Keywords: National Police Board Supervision of gambling News Keywords gambling games marketing National Police Board conditional imposition of a fine social media influencers influencer marketing

  • Mika Heinilä to continue as police chief at Oulu Police Department

    Categories: Publication date:29.8.2025 13.38

    The post will be filled for a maximum period of five years from 1.11.2025 to 31.10.2030.

    Keywords: National Police Board Police operations and development News Keywords police National Police Board leadership

  • Public trust in police remains high

    Categories: Publication date:29.8.2025 9.28

    Public trust in the police has remained stable for a long time. Of those who responded to the latest Police Barometer survey, 92 per cent trust the police a lot or a fair amount.

    Keywords: Police operations and development Research and development operations Tampere Front page top news Police University College Keywords research and development operations research activity publications literary works works Police University College research activities barometer surveys measures

  • Youth crime down in Helsinki, drug-related problems on the rise

    Categories: Publication date:28.8.2025 13.36

    According to the Helsinki Safety Survey, 90 per cent of Helsinki’s residents feel safe in the city in general; however, the feeling of being unsafe is more pronounced on weekends, particularly in...

    Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Law enforcement and response Offences and criminal investigation Traffic Police operations and development News Keywords public order criminal cases Helsinki Police Department

  • Police University College to take part in local defense exercise

    Categories: Publication date:27.8.2025 10.20

    Police University College is to take part in the Finnish Defence Forces’ local defense exercise on September 1–4, 2025. During the week, the personnel and equipment involved in the exercise may be...

    Keywords: Police education Tampere Front page top news Police University College Keywords arranged events education and training cooperation Police University College police education exercises

  • The police imposed a large number of sanctions in the urban traffic surveillance campaign

    Categories: Publication date:26.8.2025 13.23

    The police held a three-week (4 to 22 August 2025) campaign focusing on the surveillance of urban traffic. The campaign coincided with the starting of the school year. The traffic enforcement took...

    Keywords: Traffic National Police Board News Keywords organisations traffic traffic safety traffic surveillance National Police Board driving speed population centres

  • Temporary protection applications accepted on Mondays and Thursdays

    Categories: Publication date:25.8.2025 9.47

    The Eastern Finland Police Department will accept applications for temporary protection only on two weekdays, Mondays and Thursdays, from 8am to 3pm, during the period from 1 September 2025 to 31...

    Keywords: Police operations and development North Karelia North Savo South Savo Eastern Finland Police Department News Keywords statistics Eastern Finland Police Department temporary protection

  • Motoring, speeding and risky behaviour are causes for increased road traffic fatalities among 17-year-olds

    Categories: Publication date:22.8.2025 8.35

    The police want to point out that young drivers are not always ready for responsible driving. An age exemption permit entitling to a category B driving licence at the age of 17 should be granted...

    Keywords: National Police Board Traffic News Keywords organisations traffic young people National Police Board

  • Police concerned about huge increase in work caused by large carnivores

    Categories: Publication date:22.8.2025 8.31

    Of the large carnivores living in Finland, bears and wolves in particular regularly cause work for the police. These are situations in which a bear or wolf is assessed as posing a danger to...

    Keywords: National Police Board Law enforcement and response News Keywords public order National Police Board wolf bear

  • Applicants for the posts of Police Chief at Oulu and Lapland Police Departments

    Categories: Publication date:20.8.2025 9.58

    Two persons have applied for the post of Police Chief at Oulu Police Department and 15 persons for the post of Police Chief at Lapland Police Department. The National Police Board will appoint the...

    Keywords: National Police Board Police operations and development News Keywords police National Police Board managers

  • No such thing as permitted speeding

    Categories: Publication date:15.8.2025 14.57

    The police are more likely to take action on speeding at a lower threshold than earlier. Speeding is always against the law, and there is no such thing as a permitted speeding.

    Keywords: National Police Board Traffic News Front page top news Keywords traffic safety traffic surveillance National Police Board driving speed

  • Firearms inspection at Kouvola police station to close earlier than normal on Wednesday next week

    Categories: Publication date:13.8.2025 11.35

    Firearms inspection will exceptionally be open in the morning only.

    Keywords: Licence services Kouvola Kymenlaakso Southeastern Finland Police Department News Keywords firearm licences and permits opening hours Southeastern Finland Police Department police stations

  • Alpha-PVP has exacerbated the drug situation in Helsinki

    Categories: Publication date:8.8.2025 10.02

    Helsinki Police Department has received a lot of feedback about public order disturbances and the perceived lack of safety resulting from substance abuse. These disturbances are mainly related to...

    Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Offences and criminal investigation Law enforcement and response News Keywords public order criminal cases Helsinki Police Department

  • The police breathalysed more than 100,000 drivers in July

    Categories: Publication date:7.8.2025 9.51

    The police intensified the surveillance of the use of intoxicants in road and water traffic and the drivers’ driving health during July (30 June to 27 July) throughout Finland. The goal was to...

    Keywords: Offences and criminal investigation Traffic National Police Board News Keywords traffic surveillance drunk driving criminal cases National Police Board

  • Interesting events at the Police Museum on Police Day, August 30

    Categories: Publication date:5.8.2025 15.45

    The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday August 30, 2025. On that day, you will have a chance to get acquainted with police activities and equipment at the Police Museum and in its...

    Keywords: Tampere Front page top news Police Museum Keywords events Police Museum processes

  • Interesting events at the Police Museum on Police Day, August 30

    Categories: Publication date:5.8.2025 15.30

    The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday August 30, 2025. On that day, you will have a chance to get acquainted with police activities and equipment at the Police Museum and in its...

    Keywords: Police education Tampere Front page top news Police University College Keywords processes events Police University College police education

  • The police will monitor traffic in built-up areas when school starts

    Categories: Publication date:5.8.2025 10.12

    The monitoring will focus on the vicinity of schools during the daytime from 4 to 22 August 2025. The goal of the monitoring is to improve traffic safety in built-up areas and in particular to...

    Keywords: Preventive Police Work Traffic National Police Board News Keywords traffic safety traffic surveillance pre-emption care National Police Board
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