Blog by the National Police Commissioner: The police in Finland use firearm with deliberation and on rare occasions
Categories: Publication date:23.9.2025 11.11The police in Finland use a firearm on a very few occasions by international comparison. In his blog post, the National Police Commissioner of Finland provides information on the use of firearms by...
Keywords: National Police Board Law enforcement and response Front page top news News Keywords public order firearms statistics National Police Board use of forcePolice suspect homicide in the Hietalahdenkatu case
Categories: Publication date:19.9.2025 10.03A 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 Helsinki News Keywords criminal cases Helsinki Police DepartmentIllegal marketing of gambling in game streams and social media
Categories: Publication date:18.9.2025 15.21Gambling is being marketed illegally on various social media platforms and in game streams, and the police are addressing this activity. A particular concern for the police is the marketing of...
Keywords: Supervision of gambling Research and development operations Front page top news National Police Board Police University College Häme Police Department Ostrobothnia Police Department Keywords Police University College gambling games National Police Board police departments Ostrobothnia Police Department Polisinrättningen i TavastlandIllegal marketing of gambling in game streams and social media
Categories: Publication date:18.9.2025 14.17Gambling is being marketed illegally on various social media platforms and in game streams, and the police are addressing this activity. A particular concern for the police is the marketing of...
Keywords: Supervision of gambling Ostrobothnia Police Department Häme Police Department Police University College National Police Board News Keywords police departments gambling games marketing National Police Board Polisinrättningen i Tavastland Ostrobothnia Police Department Police University CollegePolice investigating death in Hietalahti
Categories: Publication date:18.9.2025 10.07A 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 DepartmentAbout one in seven riders of electric scooters ride the scooter on weekend evenings while intoxicated
Categories: Publication date:17.9.2025 11.43About 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 BoardNordic cooperation prepares for new crime phenomena and a more demanding operating environment
Categories: Publication date:4.9.2025 10.50Nordic 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 countriesThe National Police Board intervened again in the unlawful marketing of gambling by social media influencers
Categories: Publication date:3.9.2025 10.00The 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 marketingMika Heinilä to continue as police chief at Oulu Police Department
Categories: Publication date:29.8.2025 13.38The 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 leadershipPublic trust in police remains high
Categories: Publication date:29.8.2025 9.28Public 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 measuresYouth crime down in Helsinki, drug-related problems on the rise
Categories: Publication date:28.8.2025 13.36According 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 DepartmentPolice University College to take part in local defense exercise
Categories: Publication date:27.8.2025 10.20Police 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 exercisesThe police imposed a large number of sanctions in the urban traffic surveillance campaign
Categories: Publication date:26.8.2025 13.23The 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 centresTemporary protection applications accepted on Mondays and Thursdays
Categories: Publication date:25.8.2025 9.47The 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 protectionMotoring, 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 Department
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)