23.9.2022 | The police are being pulled in several different directions at the moment. The current geopolitical situation has made it necessary to step up preparedness. At the same time, the police are in talks with the Ministry of the Interior over a new plan to balance the organisation’s operations and finances and to cut costs in the short-term.

17.12.2013 | Police education system reform confirmed

12.1.2021 | The distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the online environment has increased significantly in recent years. At the same time, brutal material has also become increasingly common.

5.1.2026 | Letter Translation ID-24755195 1 (13) 14.06.2024 POL-2024-20460 NATIONAL POLICE BOARD Vuorimiehentie 3, P.O.Box 1000, 02151 ESPOO kirjaamo.poliisihallitus@poliisi.fi Tel. +358 295 480 181, Fax +358 295 411 780 police.fi Police Anticorruption Polic...

11.11.2021 | The annual report on hate crime by the Police University College indicates that the number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police was slightly lower in 2020 than in the previous year.

19.8.2022 | The survey of the status of the permit service administration has now been completed. The survey was made by Deputy Police Chief Jarmo Nykänen of the Eastern Finland Police Department on the assignment of the National Police Board of Finland.

4.6.2012 | Police College of Finland organises an international course on the prevention of serious and planned violence

26.11.2018 | The number of hate crimes stabilized after peak growth in 2015

30.12.2021 | The National Police Board is analysing the decision of the Deputy Chancellor of Justice concerning the investigation of human trafficking offences and will assess the improvement measures required in it as well as actions taken by the police in recent years.

2.11.2021 | To support the interaction between the Police and the Roma, the National Police Board has compiled a publication called The Police and the Roma – equality and cooperation questions.

5.3.2012 | Police College of Finland passes audit by Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council

6.9.2012 | Directors of Nordic police training institutions to meet at the Police College of Finland on 6 to 7 September

7.6.2021 | Operators based in the Nordic countries can be taken advantage of in money laundering related to corruption, even though open corruption, such as bribery, is relatively rare in the Nordic countries.

12.10.2016 | Use of force by the police being monitored for frequency, causes and consequences

18.12.2020 | The results of the stakeholder survey of the Police University College (Polamk), which was conducted in the autumn of 2020, are ready. More than 400 collaborative partners from Finnish and foreign police organisations, education or research organisations, other public organisations and businesses responded to the survey. The response rate for the survey was 43 percent.

20.2.2014 | College gets a new English name

5.10.2018 | Current research news published online

17.12.2020 | What are the greatest threats to Finland's security of supply? Are we better at preparing for a national epidemic or global pandemic than we were before? How have disasters that have affected the entire country, such as the school shootings, the Konginkangas bus accident or the 2004 tsunami, changed preparedness and safety guidelines? These are some of the questions that are being considered in the publication “Varautuminen eilen – varautuminen huomenna.

28.2.2023 | The use of camera drones has become a part of daily operations for the police in Finland. Drones provide the police with eyes in the sky, and even help save lives.

16.9.2020 | The Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter 2/2020 has been published.

7.10.2020 | Last year police learned of slightly fewer suspected hate crimes than in 2018, according to an annual report on hate crimes from the Police University College. According to the report, a total of 899 criminal complaints were filed last year about acts that were classified as suspected hate crimes. The number declined, approaching the longer-term level that preceded the surge in growth in such crimes that took place in 2015.

25.4.2019 | Cybercrime and advances in information technology challenge the law and judicial systems

18.12.2020 | The Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter 2/2020 has been published. The themes of this newsletter include the forms of corruption in Finland, the joint study experiment at the higher education institutions in Tampere and the new Police Museum exhibition on fake pieces of art.

9.11.2016 | Number of hate crimes reported to the Police on the rise

1.8.2022 | The national Special Intervention Unit Karhu is a special intervention unit with the basic task of supporting all police units everywhere in Finland.

16.12.2020 | A comprehensive approach and data collection model are needed for the monitoring of corruption. This is stated in the final report of the KORSI (Corruption monitoring indicators in Finland) research project, coordinated by the Police University College. The project explored suitable methods and indicators for the monitoring of corruption in Finland.

20.5.2022 | The Police Museum received the Museum of the Year 2022 award granted by the Finnish Museums Association and ICOM (International Council of Museums) Finland.

7.10.2021 | According to rough estimates, several tens of thousands of persons engage in self-destructive behaviour, or are at acute risk for suicide every year. However, no accurate statistics are available.

21.11.2012 | A virtual tour of the Police College now available

6.7.2012 | Police College compiles staff’s publications into one register

19.10.2022 | The Police has published its first responsibility report. Accessible at the Police site, the report is a summary of the responsibility objectives set in 2021, with respective measures to be taken. Responsibility is part of all Police operations

22.9.2017 | Study shows: Taser to be a reliable and useful tool for the police

10.9.2012 | Police College of Finland to host an international course by the European Police College 10 - 13 September

12.9.2013 | Member of European Commission visiting the Police College

18.2.2022 | According to a report by the Police University College of Finland, the fight against corruption and money laundering is still quite decentralised, although the two phenomena are clearly interlinked and form a "vicious circle". Furthermore, anti-corruption measures also differed between the Nordic countries and between authorities and companies.

24.10.2017 | The number of hate crimes reported to the Police leveled out

7.11.2012 | International police research seminar at Police College of Finland

11.7.2013 | Police College expands its partnership network

17.12.2020 | The police of Finland have published their new website on 25 November 2020 at poliisi.fi

30.4.2020 | Intervention in domestic violence quite efficient in Europe

3.6.2013 | Police College of Finland to host an international course by the European Police College

7.9.2018 | Historical work on 100 years of police training now published

7.5.2021 | The Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter 1/2021 has been published.

22.4.2013 | Police College of Finland hosts a European Police College course 22–26 April

24.3.2023 | Superintendent Pekka Kokkonen, Head of the Police Dog Training Centre of the Police University College, has been appointed to serve as Senior Police Coordinator in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).

20.8.2018 | 100 years of police training: public events and a new history of the police force

3.9.2013 | International police psychology course at the Police College

13.10.2022 | According to the annual report by the Police University College, the number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police in 2021 was one fifth higher than in the previous year.

8.2.2016 | The University College has started a research project on illegal waste trade and illegal waste shipments

9.3.2020 | RDI newsletter published

17.12.2020 | The effectiveness of police traffic surveillance and traffic safety enforcement are not as extensive as they could be in theory. This is the finding in a recent study completed at the Police University College "Poliisin liikennevalvonnan ja liikenneturvallisuustyön vaikuttavuus: Kompleksisuuden analyysi ja kuvaus" ("Effectiveness of Traffic Policing: An Analysis and Account of Its Complexity”).

29.8.2022 | The topic of the Police University College’s new research report is the darkest side of the Dark Web: online pedophile communities. Understanding the operating models of online communities is one way to prevent sexual violence against children.

2.6.2021 | A recent survey examined how diverse student recruitment is carried out in the police, what the challenges are and how it could be promoted.

18.8.2023 | The Helsinki Police Department will host its traditional Police Day event at the Stoa square on Saturday 26 August from 12 noon until 4 pm.

30.6.2023 | Shrinking age groups and urbanisation are already realities today and nor are the police immune to these phenomena. The National Police Board’s recent analysis of the operational environment shows the challenges can already be seen with retaining the workforce in some duties, especially in sparsely populated areas and smaller police stations. Young people in particular prefer to move to growth centr...

10.5.2023 | The Police University College has completed two studies on the current status of organized crime and its prevention, combating and future development.

10.6.2022 | Efficient supervision of labour migration requires close cooperation between the authorities. For the authorities to collaborate systematically and to jointly choose the targets of supervision, clear leadership and powers are required.

11.11.2022 | Police University College participates in the international Fake nEws Risk MItigator (FERMI) project that will develop an AI-based solution to detect disinformation and fake news, including in social media.

17.12.2021 | The last Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter of this year has been published.

4.4.2023 | The National Police Board is to launch a study on the development needs of police education. The study will be commissioned from HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management. The study will focus on police degrees (Bachelor of Police Services and Master of Police Services in Finnish and Swedish) and continuing education for police.