27.11.2025 | The Finnish and Swedish police into increasingly closer co-operation in the Lapland and Norrbotten regions

21.3.2023 | The Police University College (Polamk) has published an operating model for open science and research to outline the principles for responsible openness in the work community and to provide guidelines for everyday work and processes.

29.9.2025 | A separate parking area has been reserved for the vehicles of museum visitors from the beginning of October 2025. The parking permit required for the parking spaces can be collected from the reception point of the museum.

21.3.2025 | The Police University College’s Annual Report 2024 has been completed. The publication contains information about the record number of students, the development of online teaching and diverse research activities, and much more.

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24.6.2025 | A study by the Police University College describes the trend in economic crime and the state of economic crime investigation in Finland.

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3.4.2025 | The Police University College (Polamk) and Jamk University of Applied Sciences organized an exercise for the authorities focusing on cybercrime prevention on 25–27 March 2025.

4.6.2025 | National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki received the new police officers’ ethical oath at the Police University College on Wednesday 4 June 2025. In his speech, Ilkka Koskimäki highlighted the safety and security of schools. The police support the security work carried out in educational institutions. However, the security of schools is a more extensive issue, and not a matter for the police alone.

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29.10.2025 | Superintendent Sami Hätönen, who works at the Police University College, has been chosen as the Police Officer of the Year 2025 in Finland. The nomination was announced on Wednesday 29 October 2025 at a seminar in Helsinki.

13.5.2026 | The National Police Board has published an updated handbook on the investigation of crimes involving children and young people. The handbook is intended to serve as a collective guide for investigating crimes against children as well as crimes suspected to have been committed by children. The guide can be downloaded from the police website.

19.11.2024 | Research by the Police University College dives behind the figures of the police barometer, implemented every two years. The analyses focus on three themes: shortage of police resources, crimes not reported due to fear of retaliation, and threatening of crime victims and witnesses in the criminal process.

15.5.2025 | The report underpinned the update of the strategy against organized crime and the implementation of the Government Program in Finland.

27.9.2023 | Welcome to meet Finland’s police dogs! The police dog gallery on the Police University College website shows, for example, what a dog called Pörrö looks like, how many Border Collies the Finnish police have, and in which police department a dog called Bomberboy works.

22.4.2021 | Young people have again considered the Police University College to be among the best in a survey mapping the recognition and appeal of Finnish universities of applied sciences.

30.6.2025 | In 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 a secret mailbox from the 1950s related to espionage and bottles found at sea in the 1970s, intended for the smuggling of prohibited material.

13.3.2020 | Police University College policy on visits and events

14.8.2023 | Come and mark Police Day in Oulu or Paltamo

17.12.2020 | The Police University College has launched its new website on Thursday 17 December at polamk.fi. The updated website of the Police Museum has also been launched at the same time at poliisimuseo.fi.

1.11.2024 | This autumn, Finns have been concerned about damage to critical infrastructure, street and gang crime, activists spraying the pillars of the Parliament building in red paint, and domestic and intimate partner violence. The number of homicides has increased and the police have become increasingly aware of violent crimes committed by minors.

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.

22.6.2021 | The opportunities for police students to complete optional studies will expand when the Police University College joins the University of Applied Sciences’ CampusOnline portal as well as the Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences' cross-institutional study service from the autumn semester of 2021.

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

20.5.2022 | The Police Museum, which is connected with the Police University College, received the Museum of the Year 2022 award granted by the Finnish Museums Association and ICOM (International Council of Museums) Finland.

18.4.2019 | Image survey: Police University College fairs well among universities of applied sciences

1.3.2024 | The Police University College (Polamk) passes the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) audit and is granted a quality label for the following six years.

27.6.2024 | The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday 10 August 2024. That day, you can get acquainted with police equipment and activities, such as motorcycles, police dogs and mounted police with their horses, at the Police Museum and in its yard.

10.10.2024 | According to an annual report by the Police University College, the number of suspected hate crimes continued to increase in 2023.

22.8.2023 | The Official gaming companions project will test and study how the police could intervene with harmful activities and crime in gaming communities and gaming platforms.

31.1.2019 | Police University College at the heart of CEPOL - follow our experts on Twitter

18.11.2019 | The Police University College to host the meeting of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training in Tampere

19.1.2018 | First graduates of EMBA in Policing programme at Police University College

19.6.2018 | EU project on domestic violence launched at the Police University College

5.9.2022 | For a couple of years now, the Finnish police have been trialling the use of dogs that can sniff out body fluids in criminal investigation, and the training of semen-sniffing dogs has now become one of the official special training areas for police dogs. The next specialty that the Police Dog Training Centre will test with police dogs is sniffing out electronic devices.

9.3.2023 | The police look for ways to reach citizens through communication, not only in Finland but in other countries as well. Structural and cultural factors of the police administration have a crucial impact on how the police develops interaction in various countries.

2.5.2018 | Image survey: Police University College one of the most appreciated universities among young people

11.9.2018 | The Police University College launched a study on the critical infrastructure as a terrorist target

7.2.2023 | From February 2023, the Police University College offers a series of international webinars, where researchers and other experts present recent research in the field of policing.

20.9.2023 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 2/2023 of the Police University College has been published. 

6.11.2017 | Quality system of Police University College (POLAMK) under international evaluation

18.4.2018 | Police University College earns quality label in international audit - strong quality culture supports continuous development

11.10.2022 | Police dogs’ barking and training commands ring out again at Rinkelinmäki “Dog Hill” training facilities in Hämeenlinna, now that the Police Dog Training Centre has returned to its renovated base.

22.8.2019 | Police University College’s courses available for the first time for students from other higher education institutions in Tampere

13.11.2023 | To prevent labor exploitation and human trafficking, foreign workers need to have access to information in their native language about working in Finland.

20.4.2022 | The new curriculum is based on a student-centered approach, reflecting the everyday professional work and narrative pedagogy that help students achieve more in-depth learning. The new curriculum will be introduced in August 2023.

15.5.2024 | The Police Museum was established in May 2004 in conjunction with the then National Police School in Tampere. The museum celebrates its 20th anniversary in many different ways. This includes memories posted on social media and various events.

28.11.2014 | Police University College joins Instagram

31.5.2016 | Image survey: Police University College again most valued university of applied sciences

10.11.2016 | Police University College to host the first ever joint course of Nordic police academies

11.3.2015 | New Police University College website

15.7.2020 | Police Barometer: Finns continue to have strong confidence in police

6.4.2022 | Physical violence is easy to recognise, because of the visible marks it leaves on the body. However, police officers and other frontline workers often struggle to correctly identify other forms of abuse.

17.5.2023 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 1/2023 of the Police University College has been published.

4.12.2023 | We refuse to accept that the values of justice, openness and freedom are used against us,” said National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen at the police oath ceremony held in Tampere on 4 December 2023. 

1.6.2021 | The Police Museum will have longer opening hours on the weekdays during the summer season. From 1 June to 6 August, the Museum will be open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from noon to 5 pm.

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1.3.2024 | Police education produces the skills needed in working life, and those who have completed their education enjoy long careers. The study on the state of police education published on 29 February 2024 shows that there is room for improvement, for example, in the onerous selection process for admission to study for the degree of Bachelor of Police Studies.

8.11.2024 | The enforcement operation on 11-15 November 2024 will focus on compliance with driving and rest periods, load securing, vehicle condition and overloading. The operation period is part of the network of European Traffic Police Forces’ (RoadPol) pan-European-enforcement theme. All police departments will take part in the nationwide intensive enforcement operation.

26.10.2023 | The number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police increased by one fifth last year, indicates the Police University College’s annual report.