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.

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.

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.

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

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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

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

7.4.2020 | The police have turned back less than one per cent of people inspected at the Uusimaa border

15.4.2020 | The police prepare to end the monitoring of restrictions on movement at the borders of Uusimaa

1.4.2019 | Police improves readiness for communication in operational incidents

20.7.2023 | The theme of the seasonal enforcement of the police is alcohol and drugs and driving health for July. The theme has been chosen for July because the number of intoxicated drivers on the road is highest during the summer. Additionally, the number of traffic fatalities and serious injuries caused by drunk driving is also the highest in the summer, especially in July. In addition, comprehensive driving health control is also carried out during control of driving under the influence.

12.10.2022 | Häme Police Department Sustainability Report 2021 Keeping everyone safe, at all times We are committed to promoting the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). From among the goals in the Agenda, we have chosen the SDGs t...

8.11.2017 | The police have detected several drug offences during intensified field surveillance associated with the darknet operation

8.11.2017 | The police have detected several drug offences during intensified field surveillance associated with the darknet operation

4.11.2025 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME IN FINLAND Review 2024 National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 August 2024 2 Summary TITLE Environmental Crime Report 2024 PREPARED BY Finnish National Group for Monitoring of Environmental Offences PUBLISHE...

30.4.2020 | May Day Eve quiet all over Finland

12.10.2022 | Finnish Police Sustainability Report 2021 Keeping everyone safe, at all times The police are committed to contributing to the implementation of the UN (Agenda 2030) for Sustainable Development. We have selected the Sustainable Development Goals th...

14.3.2024 | National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 August 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2023 2 Summary REPORT NAME Environmental Crime Report 2023 PREPARED BY Finnish National Group for Monitoring of Environmental Offences PUBLISHED 8/2...

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22.12.2022 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2021 The National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime, Finland 01 July, 2021 2 Content 1 General ..................................................................................................................

11.1.2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2020 The National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 July, 2020 Content 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................

20.5.2026 | Poliisi kehottaa Riihimäen kranaatista tietäviä soittamaan hätänumeroon

4.3.2026 | I år deltar finska polisen för första gången i Interpols internationella kampanj, där man hedrar poliser som omkommit i tjänsten. Polisstationer på olika håll i Finland flaggar på halv stång fredagen den 6 mars.

5.12.2025 | Spelpolisen tilldelas erkännandet Finlands dialoginsats

5.12.2025 | Projektet Spelpolisen har valts till mottagare av erkännandet Finlands dialoginsats. Stiftelsen Dialogpaus beviljar årligen erkännandet till en aktör som har stärkt dialog, delaktighet och demokrati i Finland.

18.9.2025 | Penningspel marknadsförs olagligt på olika sociala medieplattformar och i spelstreams, och polisen ingriper i denna verksamhet. Polisens särskilda oro gäller den marknadsföring av penningspel som riktas till unga.