The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

The Police Blog Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 National Police Board Preventiv...

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Police en Newsroom Blog Flares do not belong in the stands – a safe event is the goal for everyone 29.6.2026 14.57 Blog Sports fan culture is rooted in traditions that go back decades. Fans proudly wear the colors of their own club or favorite tea...

Police en Newsroom Blog Concealing your face at a protest is incompatible with the values of an open and safe society 12.5.2026 12.31 Blog The events on May Day (1 May) continue to reverberate, both in the media and more broadly. The police have l...

National Police Board Communications The email address of the National Police Board for the media is media.poliisihallitus@poliisi.fi and the media telephone number is +358 50 399 9039 . We serve from Monday to Friday 9.00–16.15. Outside the servi...

29.6.2026 | The use of pyrotechnics does not belong in the stands at sporting events. Safety must take precedence over tradition, and there is no place for smoke devices and pyrotechnics among spectators without proper authorization, Police Inspector Tuomo Korhonen writes in his blog on the Police website.

Police en Newsroom Blog Violence, disruptive behaviour and noise cause house calls for the police at New Year 24.1.2025 9.59 Blog At New Year, police duties include maintaining public order and security. After the New Year, we often get to read re...

Police en Newsroom Blog Information and open discussion are key factors in combatting online scams 22.4.2026 10.36 Blog Ring ring – the phone is ringing or a message arrives in your email or as a text message. It seems that the police, a bank or s...

Police en Newsroom Blog Driving while intoxicated - an old type of crime, new forms 21.4.2026 14.10 Blog Driving while intoxicated was criminalized in Finland 100 years ago, but the phenomenon has changed in a way that is rarely considered. It's n...

23.9.2025 | The police in Finland use a firearm on a very few occasions by international comparison. In his blog post, the National Police Commissioner of Finland provides information on the use of firearms by the police and related phenomena based on statistics, and on changes in the operating environment.

Police en Newsroom Blog Internship in the police: what is it like to do communication work in different parts of the police? 31.10.2025 12.02 Blog Communication trainees Jesse Sironen, Venla Rinne ja Henriikka Nieminen. Students Jesse Sironen, Ven...

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8.3.2024 | Police blog on creating a safer digital environment.

Police en Newsroom Blog Many risks lurking for older people 17.3.2025 13.54 Blog Children and young people are particularly vulnerable groups in society. Of course, so are many others, such as various minorities or those struggling with diverse pr...

Police en Newsroom Blog Pedestrian crossing must live up to its reputation 13.12.2024 15.17 Blog Now that winter has come, with darkness and slippery streets, we must all be more alert to keep safe in traffic. The fact that it is dim or completely...

20.9.2022 | The Police Blog: The police are concerned about the behaviour of young people in traffic

30.7.2024 | Changes to mediation activities are recorded in the Government Programme, and as a rule, mediation in cases involving domestic or intimate partner violence will be discontinued. However, the planned changes involve the risk of making it more difficult to refer the parties concerned to the necessary services, which may cause further problems in the future.

Police en Newsroom Blog Crime prevention in villages, schools and increasingly online 13.11.2024 10.24 Blog The Finnish police have earned the trust and respect of citizens through their actions. This is backed up by various surveys on trust in au...

Police en Newsroom Blog Are you a victim or perpetrator of violence or both? 25.11.2024 11.04 Blog Violence – in particular, domestic violence against women – is a serious problem in Finland. What comes to mind when you think of violence or domest...

Police en Newsroom Blog The police in Finland use firearm with deliberation and on rare occasions 23.9.2025 10.16 Blog The Finnish police use firearms on rare occasions. Even though individual situations involving the use of force sometimes receiv...

Police en Newsroom Blog Several successes in police traffic safety work in 2024 28.2.2025 9.06 Blog Traffic safety concerns the whole of society. The purpose of police traffic safety work is to maintain and promote general law-abiding behaviour on...

Police en Newsroom Blog Are the police the only party whose duty it is to prevent domestic violence? 20.2.2026 11.28 Blog I work as the head of Crime Prevention at the National Police Board. I have been following the news about domestic violence a...

Police en Newsroom Blog Promoting the road safety culture among young people requires action from society as a whole 22.8.2025 8.08 Blog Under the leadership of Minister Lulu Ranne, the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has started ...

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 ...

12.5.2026 | The events at the May Day (1 May) demonstrations in Tampere have sparked wide-ranging debate. The Deputy National Police Commissioner had this to say in her blog: Concealing your identity at a protest is not conducive to safety; the law must be revised.

11.10.2022 | The police blog post discusses the prevention of cyber-enabled fraud. The police are carrying out a project financed by the Ministry of the Interior that aims to increase the awareness of fraud against elderly people.

25.10.2022 | The police blog post discusses cybercrime committed by young people and intervention by the police. The Cybercrime Exit project aims to prevent young people from committing cybercrime.

18.3.2022 | Human trafficking is a set of crimes with many faces. Every year, Finland is able to identify labour exploitation, prostitution or forced marriages as well as forced criminality or begging. Among the forms of human trafficking exposed and detected, the majority of the cases concern labour exploitation.

14.11.2022 | Even though the police have succeeded effectively not only in investigating crimes committed by street gangs, but also in preventing new crimes, stopping the street gang phenomenon is not in the hands of the police alone, writes Deputy National Police Commissioner Sanna Heikinheimo in her blog.

16.11.2020 | Blog post by Timo Kilpeläinen: Young people in general do better than ever, but some of them have extremely serious problems

5.4.2022 | Road traffic in Finland is safer than ever, especially in built-up areas. Finland has committed to the EU’s Vision Zero, which aims to move as close as possible to zero fatalities in road transport by 2050. The intermediate goal is to halve, compared to 2020 levels, the number of road deaths and serious injuries by 2030. 

17.6.2022 | Light electric vehicles, that is, electric scooters, are back in the cityscape and public debate concerning them is ongoing. The discussion focuses on for example, serious accidents that have happened to electric scooter users, and other accidents involving them.

12.7.2022 | More than a fourth of DUI cases are caught during the summer months. The number of people dead or injured by DUI accidents also increases over the summer. Looking at monthly averages, July is the worst month in terms of these cases.

19.8.2021 | The current year has seen public debate on cases where the focus has been on the attitude, approach and skills of the police in investigating human trafficking and related crimes.

25.10.2022 | International cooperation is increasingly important for the Finnish Police. In order to be able to respond to increasingly serious threats as a result of international developments, cooperation with other countries and international organisations and the development of cross-border operational cooperation are essential.

11.2.2022 | Since the launch of the criminal investigation into the Vastaamo hacking incident, the police have conducted active monitoring to see whether the victims' personal data are used for criminal purposes, such as fraud. The police have discovered that associated crime has started to emerge more than before.

6.10.2022 | The information systems shared by the European authorities are being developed to allow for a better utilisation of the biometric identifiers and other data held by the authorities to maintain internal security within the EU.

5.9.2022 | When the Police has to make decisions on animals, especially large predators, the deliberation is based on valid legislation, cooperation, careful consideration and updated instructions. This is the core message of Chief Superintendent Kai Vepsäläinen in his blog published at the Police website.

Police en Newsroom Blog The use of alpha-PVP can also be seen in road traffic 16.12.2025 9.34 Blog Abstract The synthetic narcotic alpha-PVP, which has rapidly become more common in Finland, has turned into a visible phenomenon in recent years, bo...

3.9.2021 | When thinking about office work practices, the experience gained during the pandemic should be taken into account .

31.10.2022 | Does the cyclist have the right to drive using the pedestrian crossing and who is obligated to give way in that case?

19.1.2021 | The National Bureau of Investigation is applying for a leave of appeal on the Administrative Court’s decision issued on 17 December 2020, which overturned the National Bureau of Investigation’s decision and ordered the Bureau to remove encryption from a document. The National Bureau of Investigation has agreed on the procedure with the National Police Board.

10.6.2022 | In his blog post on the Finnish police website, National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen emphasises the significance of citizens’ confidence and cooperation between various parties in times of instability.

16.9.2021 | In various parts of Finland, the police has encountered situations in which young people have tried to disturb or even obstruct police operations. This has happened for example in moped meetups and other types of rallies.

17.3.2025 | Police calls for attention to safety of older people

14.11.2024 | The police have more than three million tasks a year. They carry out these tasks both visibly and covertly in compliance with the law. To prevent and detect online crime, the police need the help of society as a whole, including you.

31.7.2026 | In a new blog, National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki states that the police's social media communications must primarily serve the core mission of the police: enhancing safety, providing accurate information, and strengthening public trust in the police. The objective is effective communication.

15.10.2024 | The statistics show positive development. The number of victims of accidents caused by persons driving while intoxicated has decreased by one third. How has this been achieved?