Häme Police Department We provide police services in 21 municipalities in the Kanta-Häme and Päijät-Häme regions. Our area is characterised by the beautiful ridge landscape of Lake Päijänne and a road network popular among tourists. There are seve...

Häme Police Department, units and services We provide police services in 21 municipalities in the Kanta-Häme and Päijät-Häme regions. Our area is characterised by the beautiful ridge landscape of Lake Päijänne and a road network popular among tour...

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Oulu Police Department We operate in 38 municipalities in the counties of Kainuu and Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa). Our area of operation includes about 61 600 square kilometres, with about 488 000 residents. The Police Department is c...

Ostrobothnia Police Department We provide services in the regions of Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia. Our area of operation extends from Kristiinankaupunki to Kokkola on the western coast and from Alavus to Kannus in t...

Eastern Uusimaa Police Department We provide police services in 15 municipalities in Eastern and Central Uusimaa. Our area of operation extends from Vantaa to Hyvinkää and from Nurmijärvi to Loviisa. There are more than 550,000 inhabitants in East...

Southwestern Finland Police Department We provide police services in Southwestern Finland from Turku archipelago to Kankaanpää. The area is characterised by the proximity of the sea. The police may also need a boat or ferry to move in the Archipel...

Central Finland Police Department Central Finland Police Department is located in Pirkanmaa and Central Finland in an area consisting of 45 municipalities. The police department’s main police station – its administrative and management centre – is...

Western Uusimaa Police Department We provide police services in 10 municipalities in Western Uusimaa. Our area of operation extends from Espoo to Kirkkonummi and Raasepori and from there on to Hanko and to Karkkila in the north. The area is sparse...

Southeastern Finland Police Department We provide police services in the areas of 15 municipalities. Our area of operation extends from Kotka on the coast to Kouvola in the north and Parikkala in the east. The area is characterised by a long easte...

Police request to those applying for asylum and temporary protection in the area of the Eastern Finland Police Department, and to the persons assisting them: please contact the Police by email: Police contact details for the registration of those ...

Häme Police’s Communication Häme Police’s Communication serves the media during the office hours from 8am to 4pm. Outside the office hours, and if we are unable to answer your call, please leave your contact request by e-mail: viestinta.hame@polii...

Wilderness liaison officers of the police are police experts specialised in hunting and fishing, appointed by police departments.

A wide range of Police Day events are organised across Finland

26.8.2026 | Notice of service by publication POL-2026-123198

Responsibility is linked to all Police operations and is particularly pronounced in terms of social sustainability. It is expressed in the Police strategy which states that the Police wants to safeguard everybody at all times.

Police on social media We use social media to educate the public about police work. We also use our social media profiles as a way to quickly communicate information that could help our followers to, for example, avoid traffic jams or stay safe. W...

Find the nearest police The Police of Finland serves across Finland. Here you can carry out a search by service and municipality. If you only select the municipality, the nearest services will be shown first. When you select from the drop-down men...

Ethical Code for the Police Ethical Code for the police is one of the elements of good corporate governance. The police’s Ethical Code consists of eight principles that derive from our values. Even routine police work can present officers with sit...

RSS feeds of police units for news Poliisi.fi website Central Finland Police Department Eastern Finland Police Department Eastern Uusimaa Police Department Helsinki Police Department Häme Police Department Lapland Police Department National Bureau...

Police tip line numbers and email addresses Call 112 if you have an emergency or you need urgent assistance from the authorities or if you know or suspect that somebody’s life, health, property or the environment is under threat or in danger. Hels...

Nationwide police surveillance camera mapping system The National Police Board’s surveillance camera mapping system is a database of surveillance cameras located on public land. The system contains information about the locations of cameras and th...

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4.6.2026 | Notice of service by publication POL-2026-81177

Police contact details for the registration of those applying for residence permit on the basis of need for temporary protection and for asylum seekers The Police will register the applicants who will have the residence permit on the basis of need...

2.6.2026 | Notice of service by publication POL-2026-76292

25.5.2026 | Notice of service by publication POL-2026-72602

18.5.2026 | Notice of service by publication POL-2026-70116

16.4.2026 | Notice of service by publication POL-2025-52541

16.4.2026 | Notice of service by publication POL-2026-52957

13.4.2026 | Notice of service by publication

Orders for pre-trial investigation reports and inquiries about unfinished investigations, contact information by police unit.

Police en Newsroom Blog Be cautious online – cyber-enabled crime on the increase 3.4.2025 13.07 Blog What is cyber-enabled crime? Mikko Kiiski: From the point of view of the police, one of the most typical criminal phenomena related to the online ...

4.3.2026 | Police of Finland will participate this year for the first time in a global Interpol campaign to honour officers fallen in the line of duty. The flags will be flown at half-mast at police stations all over Finland on Friday 6 March. 

20.5.2026 | Poliisi kehottaa Riihimäen kranaatista tietäviä soittamaan hätänumeroon

Public notices Our public notices are shown below. Notice of service by publication POL-2026-123198 26.08.2026 9:33 Häme Police Department Hämeenlinna Notice of service by publication POL-2026-81177 04.06.2026 15:04 Häme Police Department Hämeenli...

Hämeen poliisilaitos sosiaalisessa mediassa Asiantuntijamme ovat mukana somessa keskustelemassa poliisin toiminnasta ja sen kehittämisestä. Alla aakkosjärjestyksessä viralliset virkatilimme. Häme Police Department Twitter @hameenpoliisi Facebook H...

5.12.2025 | The Timeout Foundation grants this recognition to an actor who has strengthened dialogue, inclusion, and democracy in Finland.

5.12.2025 | The Gaming Police project has been awarded the Recognition for Act of Dialogue in Finland

29.11.2024 | The post will be filled for a maximum period of five years from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2029.

31.10.2024 | Nine persons have applied for the post of Police Chief at Häme Police Department. The National Police Board will appoint the police chief for a maximum period of five years.

6.7.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation is seeking for information about an 18-year-old student who went missing in early May. The last confirmed sighting of the person was made in Kruunuvuorenranta in Helsinki on Tuesday, 5 May 2026.

16.5.2025 | The course will be held from 12 to 16 May 2025 and attended by approximately 50 persons such as police officers and experts in social welfare, health care and youth work.

18.9.2025 | Gambling 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 gambling targeted at young people.

27.8.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation has concluded a criminal investigation into an international case involving the importation and distribution of narcotic substances. During the investigation, police seized 6.5 kilograms of alpha-PVP among other substances, equivalent to an estimated 260,000 doses.

18.9.2025 | Illegal marketing of gambling in game streams and social media

Service by publication and proclamations Service by publication can be used when a notification cannot be delivered by other means. This may be warranted if, for example, the recipient of the notification avoids or hides from the notification or h...

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Financial statements and annual reports The police’s financial statements are an analysis of the effectiveness of policing and the organisation’s performance, achievements, standard of service and human resources. The annual report, which is incor...

Permit to close off a public road According to the new Road Traffic Act coming into force on 1 June 2020, the decision to temporarily close a road is made by whoever has the authority to install traffic control equipment. In emergencies, a road ma...

4.10.2024 | The post will be filled for a maximum period of five years from 1.11.2024 to 31.10.2029.

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Automatic traffic surveillance In addition to traditional surveillance methods, the police use automatic traffic surveillance equipment on heavily trafficked roads and urban areas. Besides monitoring speeds, the equipment is used to monitor observ...

17.10.2024 | Two German men died in a plane crash in Räyskälä

12.11.2021 | Senior Constable Teppo Rainio of the Häme Police Department is the Police Officer of the Year 2021. Traffic control and other traffic-related questions are the top priorities of Teppo Rainio who works in Lahti.

30.6.2021 | The Police has put its first fully electric patrol car in operation, with the van taken over by the Häme Police Department in Lahti on Wednesday 30 June 2021.

23.7.2025 | Seizures 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 Investigation, more than eight kilograms of alpha-PVP, also known by the street name “peukku” in Finnish, has been seized this year, while the amount was less than 500 grams during the whole of 2020, for example.

4.2.2021 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Helsinki, Häme, Southeastern Finland and Ostrobothnia Police Departments have investigated illegal import, sale and distribution of drugs run from the Netherlands between June 2018 and May 2020. Investigations have been conducted into 17 drug smuggling operations involving suspected aggravated narcotics offences.

9.4.2020 | Police intensifying supervision of regional border at Easter

16.4.2020 | The police stop monitoring traffic at the Uusimaa border immediately