The 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 UkraineParents of missing family remanded in absentia – police continue search efforts
Categories: Publication date:8.7.2025 14.12The Ostrobothnia District Court has remanded in absentia the parents of the missing family on probable cause for aggravated deprivation of liberty. The court found that the general conditions or...
Keywords: Offences and criminal investigation Ostrobothnia Police Department News Keywords human trafficking assault and battery violent crimes Ostrobothnia Police Department deprivation of libertyThe Police in Ostrobothnia request that the parents of the missing family be remanded in custody in absentia
Categories: Publication date:4.7.2025 9.00The police have conducted an active criminal investigation into the disappearance of a family that has been missing from Ostrobothnia since May 2024. The investigation aims to clarify the sequence...
Keywords: Offences and criminal investigation Ostrobothnia Ostrobothnia Police Department News Keywords human trafficking assault and battery violent crimes Ostrobothnia Police Department deprivation of libertyPolice is investigating the stabbing of several people in Ratina, Tampere
Categories: Publication date:3.7.2025 21.59On Thursday, 3 July 2025 at around 16.20, the police received information about a stabbing near the Ratina shopping centre in Tampere.
Keywords: Offences and criminal investigation Tampere Central Finland Police Department News Keywords criminal cases Central Finland Police DepartmentPolice involved in ensuring security at Imatranajo International Road Racing Championship weekend
Categories: Publication date:1.7.2025 12.54Imatra is set for its most action-packed weekend of the summer, when the city holds the Imatranajo International Road Racing Championship and side events. The police will be keeping the weekend...
Keywords: Law enforcement and response Traffic Imatra South Karelia Southeastern Finland Police Department News Keywords public order traffic safety Southeastern Finland Police DepartmentItems from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service added to the collections of Police Museum
Categories: Publication date:30.6.2025 12.39In the future, the Police Museum will keep the historical artefacts of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo). The items transferred to the museum collections include objects such as...
Keywords: Tampere Front page top news Police Museum Keywords collections Police MuseumAggravated endangerment of traffic safety and drunken driving in Midsummer traffic
Categories: Publication date:26.6.2025 12.00The police conducted visible surveillance of vehicle and waterborne traffic during Midsummer between Thursday 19 June and Sunday 22 June.
Keywords: Traffic Offences and criminal investigation National Police Board News Keywords traffic safety traffic surveillance drunk driving criminal cases National Police Board
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)