Motoring, speeding and risky behaviour are causes for increased road traffic fatalities among 17-year-olds
Categories: Publication date:22.8.2025 8.35The 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 BoardPolice concerned about huge increase in work caused by large carnivores
Categories: Publication date:22.8.2025 8.31Of 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 bearApplicants for the posts of Police Chief at Oulu and Lapland Police Departments
Categories: Publication date:20.8.2025 9.58Two 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 managersNo such thing as permitted speeding
Categories: Publication date:15.8.2025 14.57The 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 speedFirearms inspection at Kouvola police station to close earlier than normal on Wednesday next week
Categories: Publication date:13.8.2025 11.35Firearms 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 stationsAlpha-PVP has exacerbated the drug situation in Helsinki
Categories: Publication date:8.8.2025 10.02Helsinki 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 DepartmentThe police breathalysed more than 100,000 drivers in July
Categories: Publication date:7.8.2025 9.51The 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 BoardInteresting events at the Police Museum on Police Day, August 30
Categories: Publication date:5.8.2025 15.45The 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 processesInteresting events at the Police Museum on Police Day, August 30
Categories: Publication date:5.8.2025 15.30The 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 educationThe police will monitor traffic in built-up areas when school starts
Categories: Publication date:5.8.2025 10.12The 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 BoardTheme of Police Day: Encounters in schools and streets
Categories: Publication date:4.8.2025 10.13The traditional nation-wide Police Day will be celebrated in Finland on Saturday 30 August 2025. This year’s theme is “Encounters in schools and streets”. The theme is intended to remind everyone...
Keywords: National Police Board Preventive Police Work Police operations and development News Front page top news Keywords events police processes pre-emption National Police Board public celebrationsThe number of police assignments increases by about one fifth in the summer
Categories: Publication date:31.7.2025 10.58The summer months clearly stand out in terms of the number of police assignments, with the total number of assignments in the summer being higher than average. On average, the monthly number of...
Keywords: National Police Board Traffic Offences and criminal investigation Law enforcement and response News Front page top news Keywords traffic safety drunk driving traffic accidents disruptive behaviour criminal cases National Police BoardConference and state visits affect traffic in Helsinki
Categories: Publication date:29.7.2025 12.20Several high-level visitors from Finland and elsewhere will attend the Helsinki+50 Conference held at Finlandia Hall on 31 July. The President of Paraguay will visit Helsinki on 29 and 30 July. The...
Keywords: Law enforcement and response Helsinki Uusimaa Helsinki Police Department News Keywords Helsinki Police DepartmentPolice warns of fake police scam calls
Categories: Publication date:23.7.2025 16.40Scam calls in the name of the police have been detected in both Finnish and English.
Keywords: The National Bureau of Investigation Preventive Police Work Offences and criminal investigation News Keywords criminal cases The National Bureau of InvestigationUse and seizures of the highly dangerous alpha-PVP narcotic have increased
Categories: Publication date:23.7.2025 14.32Seizures of the highly dangerous narcotic alpha-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidine valerophenone) have increased significantly in Finland. According to the Forensic Laboratory of the National Bureau of...
Keywords: National Police Board Offences and criminal investigation News Keywords intoxicants drug offences criminal cases National Police BoardPolice in Helsinki arrive faster and solve more crimes than before
Categories: Publication date:22.7.2025 12.45The Helsinki police have become more efficient despite an increase in the number of alarms and crimes. We have sped up investigations into serious crimes against children.
Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Law enforcement and response Offences and criminal investigation Traffic Licence services News Keywords criminal cases Helsinki Police DepartmentParents are responsible for taking care of their children at swimming areas
Categories: Publication date:18.7.2025 14.52During the summer of 2025, the police have received several cases for investigation, in which a child who has gone into water has been in danger of death or died in the water. The police emphasise...
Keywords: National Police Board Law enforcement and response Front page top news News Keywords public order criminal cases National Police Board swimmingThe police continues active investigation in the case of the missing family
Categories: Publication date:18.7.2025 10.20The Ostrobothnia Police Department continues active criminal investigation regarding the missing family. No significant breakthroughs have been made so far, but the investigation is progressing as...
Keywords: Offences and criminal investigation Ostrobothnia Police Department News Keywords missing people Ostrobothnia Police Department deprivation of libertyChief Superintendent Patrik Karlsson appointed head of the Special Operations Division
Categories: Publication date:16.7.2025 10.46Police Chief Jari Liukku has appointed Patrik Karlsson to the position of Superintendent and head of the Special Operations Division. Karlsson will start in his new role on August 1.
Keywords: Helsinki Police Department Police operations and development Law enforcement and response Traffic Helsinki News Keywords public order Helsinki Police Department namingsDelegation led by National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki visited Ukraine
Categories: Publication date:10.7.2025 9.54Delegation led by National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki visited Ukraine between 1 and 4 July. During the visit they met with law enforcement authorities and got acquainted with their...
Keywords: National Police Board Police operations and development News Keywords police National Police Board war crimes Ukraine
Useful information
Police University College news archive (you will go to another website)
Police Museum news archive (you will go to another website)
The news archive of Åland police (in Swedish, you will go to another website)