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Next year, the police will focus on crime prevention, especially crimes committed by young people and children
Categories: Publication date:4.12.2025 14.51According to the Police Barometer, Finns are particularly concerned about crimes committed by young people, firearms, and the use and sale of drugs in public places. The police have defined crime...
Keywords: National Police Board Police education Offences and criminal investigation News Front page top news Keywords police criminal cases National Police Board police academies universitiesIndependence Day parade routes in Helsinki
Categories: Publication date:4.12.2025 11.03The police will have a visible presence in the city centre to ensure the smooth flow of events and and maintain public order.
Keywords: Law enforcement and response Helsinki Uusimaa Helsinki Police Department News Keywords holidays independence days Helsinki Police DepartmentPower of attorney on paper no longer accepted at collection points as of 31 December 2025
Categories: Publication date:4.12.2025 10.11From 1 January 2026, it will no longer be possible to use a power of attorney on paper to collect a passport or identity card at a collection point. There will be an outage in the online service of...
Keywords: National Police Board Licence services News Front page top news Keywords permits identity documents passports National Police Board164 police fatalities, statistics and moving stories – the online exhibition “In Memoriam” has been launched
Categories: Publication date:4.12.2025 10.00The Police Museum's new online exhibition “In Memoriam – Police killed in the line of duty” examines the history of police fatalities. The exhibition reveals for example the most dangerous types of...
Keywords: Front page top news Police Museum Keywords exhibitions arranged events Police MuseumPolice warn tourists of pickpockets at Christmas markets in Helsinki
Categories: Publication date:2.12.2025 13.37Police have increased surveillance at Christmas markets, particularly in areas popular with tourists.
Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Offences and criminal investigation Law enforcement and response News Keywords criminal cases Helsinki Police DepartmentAri Karvonen to continue as Police Chief at Southeastern Finland Police Department
Categories: Publication date:2.12.2025 10.42The post will be filled for a maximum period of five years from 1.3.2026 to 28.2.2031.
Keywords: National Police Board Police operations and development News Keywords police National Police Board leadershipThe visit of the Prime Minister of Swedenwill cause exceptions to traffic arrangements in Helsinki and Espoo
Categories: Publication date:1.12.2025 9.10Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will meet in Helsinki on Monday 1 December and in Espoo on Tuesday 2 December.
Keywords: Western Uusimaa Police Department Helsinki Police Department Law enforcement and response News Keywords public order Helsinki Police Department Western Uusimaa Police DepartmentThe police will safeguard Independence Day celebrations in the capital together with other authorities
Categories: Publication date:28.11.2025 9.14Finland’s Independence Day events will cause changes in traffic arrangements, public transport routes and pedestrian traffic in Helsinki. The police will have a visible presence in the city centre...
Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Law enforcement and response News Keywords public order Helsinki Police DepartmentThe Finnish and Swedish police into increasingly closer co-operation in the Lapland and Norrbotten regions
Categories: Publication date:27.11.2025 14.46Finnish and Swedish police personnel are training together in Luleå in Sweden this week for new tasks. This is based on a new police co-operation agreement that is applied in the municipalities of...
Keywords: Law enforcement and response National Police Board News Keywords cooperation international cooperation National Police Board alarmsPolice suspect Romanian pandering organisation of criminal proceeds of up to one million euros
Categories: Publication date:25.11.2025 12.05According to the preliminary investigation conducted by the police, the suspected aggravated pandering took place over a period of approximately two years between 2023 and 2025, mainly outside the...
Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Central Finland Police Department Offences and criminal investigation News Keywords criminal cases Helsinki Police Department Central Finland Police DepartmentApplicants for the posts of Police Chief at Southeastern Finland Police Department
Categories: Publication date:25.11.2025 11.10Two persons have applied for the post of Police Chief at Southeastern Finland Police Department.
Keywords: National Police Board Police operations and development News Keywords police National Police Board leadershipPolice suspect ethnic agitation due to an Instagram post
Categories: Publication date:21.11.2025 9.36The Helsinki Police Department has received several reports regarding an Instagram post that has been described as anti-Semitic.
Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Offences and criminal investigation News Keywords criminal cases Helsinki Police DepartmentCombating gang crime requires cooperation and information sharing
Categories: Publication date:20.11.2025 11.03A research project funded by the Ministry of the Interior examined the current state of street gang crime and explored what is needed to effectively disrupt the activities of criminal networks.
Keywords: Offences and criminal investigation Research and development operations Police operations and development Tampere Front page top news Police University College Keywords research and development operations research activity Police University College organised crime research activities Ministry of the Interior youth crimeInnovative solutions to support victims of domestic violence
Categories: Publication date:17.11.2025 10.25The international IMPROVE project developed issues such as an AI-based service to help victims of domestic violence. The European Commission awarded the service as the best innovation of 2025.
Keywords: Research and development operations Tampere Front page top news Police University College Keywords research and development operations research activity Police University College intimate partner violence research activities artificial intelligenceRemote controlled drones tested in police work
Categories: Publication date:14.11.2025 8.53The Police University College is investigating how a remote controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (drone-in-a-box) system could be utilized in operational police work. The project is being carried out...
Keywords: Police operations and development Research and development operations Law enforcement and response Tampere Front page top news Police University College Keywords research and development operations research activity Police University College research activities Southeastern Finland Police Department unmanned aerial vehicles Central Finland Police DepartmentSexual offences reported to the Helsinki Police Department have increased by more than 50 percent in two years
Categories: Publication date:13.11.2025 12.03Sexual offencesreported to the Helsinki Police Department have increased by more than 50 percent in two years, and rapes by more than 60 percent.
Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Offences and criminal investigation News Keywords sex crimes criminal cases Helsinki Police DepartmentNew record in suspected hate crimes
Categories: Publication date:10.11.2025 10.01An annual report by the Police University College shows that the number of suspected hate crimes continued to increase in 2024.
Keywords: Research and development operations Offences and criminal investigation Front page top news Police University College Keywords research and development operations research activity publications literary works Police University College hate crimes research activitiesCollection services of the Police Museum on a break from January to August 2026
Categories: Publication date:6.11.2025 11.00The collection services of the Police Museum will not be available from January 1 to August 31, 2026. The information service related to the museum items is closed during this period. Moreover, the...
Keywords: Tampere Front page top news Police Museum Keywords services collections Police MuseumProtect yourself from pickpockets
Categories: Publication date:6.11.2025 8.55The number of tourists in Lapland has started to increase towards winter. At the same time, the police have received information about the first pickpockets.
Keywords: Offences and criminal investigation Lapland Lapland Police Department News Keywords criminal cases Lapland Police DepartmentThe strengths of the police include supervisory work, appreciation of one’s own work, and occupational safety
Categories: Publication date:5.11.2025 12.13In 2025, the Finnish police joined the shared and revised central government personnel survey, HenkilöstöBaro. Based on the results, police personnel think that the work of immediate supervisors,...
Keywords: National Police Board Research and development News Keywords police groups research activity National Police Board research and development operations staff
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