13.5.2020 | Record number of applicants for police education

12.4.2022 | The police have the ability to communicate in operative contexts, but in public debate, the police have not quite found a place yet. Challenging situations include ones in which police operations are the subject of critical public debate.

19.12.2022 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 3/2022 of the Police University College has been published. 

28.8.2015 | Police University College launches new strategic leadership training program

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.

18.2.2016 | Report from Police University College provides an overview of immigration and security

28.4.2023 | There are more than 200 police dogs in Finland. Training a dog is a long-term process that requires a committed handler. For the police, dogs offer assistance that neither a human nor technology can replace.

23.5.2023 | The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has caused our security environment to change in a fundamental and permanent way. According to National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen, our internal security and a good sense of security create the conditions and capacity to cope with the crises affecting the country’s external security.

25.5.2022 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 1/2022 of the Police University College has been published.

9.5.2014 | Image survey: The Police University College is Finland's most respected university of applied sciences

10.9.2015 | The Police University College receives over €760,000 of EU funding for development projects

23.4.2015 | Police University College to continue working on behalf of public safety in Kosovo

19.6.2019 | Record amount of applicants for police education

4.3.2014 | New telephone numbers for the Police University College from 13 March

21.4.2020 | Image survey: Police education interesting to and valued among young people

16.12.2015 | New: Descriptions of the Police University College’s research and development projects now available online

4.11.2019 | Police en Newsroom News item The number of hate crimes decreased last year Publication date 4.11.2019 10.45 Type: News item According to a report by the Police University College, the number of hate crimes reported to the police in 2018 decreased ...

22.11.2019 | RDI newsletter brings you the latest news on police research

21.9.2021 | The Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter 2/2021 has been published.

11.6.2021 | The new publication by the Police University College examines innovativeness in the police. The topic is considered from the perspectives of the past, present and future.

26.2.2025 | Police Chief Jari Liukku appointed Simo Kauppinen to the position of Superintendent, serving as the Head of the Licensing and Aliens Unit. Kauppinen began his duties on February 1.

14.8.2023 | Come and mark Police Day in Oulu or Paltamo

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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”).

9.3.2020 | RDI newsletter published

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

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.

3.9.2013 | International police psychology course at the Police College

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

11.7.2013 | Police College expands its partnership network

7.11.2012 | International police research seminar at Police College of Finland

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

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.

12.9.2013 | Member of European Commission visiting the Police College

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

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

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

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

21.11.2012 | A virtual tour of the Police College now available

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.