From field work to training provider and developer Assistant Police Commissioner Sami Hätönen, Chief of the Public Order and Security Unit National Police Board Master of Public Administration, Bachelor in Police Command The Police Officer of the ...

Police administration provides supplementary education that is meaningful to you A significant number of the police personnel participate every year in training organised by the Police University College. Training is provided in all areas of polic...

We treat both our customers and our colleagues equally, irrespective of their personal characteristics or background. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment on any grounds in our work community and any issues will be dealt with immediately.

Advisory boards monitor and develop the activities and operations of the police The Advisory Board for the Police operates under the Ministry of the Interior. The tasks of the Advisory Board include: monitoring the development in the environment a...

Projects and top-up funding The police can use its top-up funding towards the organisation’s development projects. The following projects have been financed fully or partially with top-up funding. Projects in progress Open all Close all IMPROVE - ...

Licence for a responsible manager (deputy or temporary) Security sector business licence holders must employ at least one responsible manager. A manager must be an individual who holds a valid licence issued by the National Police Board, authorisi...

There are hundreds of career opportunities with the police Police education in Finland is provided by the Police University College in Tampere. Most people associate police work with blue uniforms and police cars. In addition to patrolling the str...

We operate everywhere in Finland The Finnish Government steers the operations of the police. The steering is implemented through the goals of the Government Programme as well as the Government Resolutions. The Ministry of the Interior is responsib...

Police dogs Police dogs serve in all police units, around the clock on every day of the year, ready to support the police during tasks. Police dogs perform approximately 11,000 different tasks per year in various situations, and they have been est...

3.6.2026 | Police performance is built through daily core work in the field, in traffic control, in investigations, and in licensing services. According to National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki, the figures from the beginning of the year are quite positive.

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Police on social media We use social media to educate the public about police work. We also use our social media profiles as a way to quickly communicate information that could help our followers to, for example, avoid traffic jams or stay safe. W...

19.3.2026 | In the Cyber Capital project, the development areas of the authorities' cybercrime prevention expertise were identified more comprehensively than before, and the training content of cybercrime prevention was renewed using the knowledge accumulated during the project. The effort generated new expertise and strengthened international cooperation.

Do you want to become a trainer? A trainer of courses for users of forcible means equipment and refresher courses Only persons licensed as a use-of-force trainer by the National Police Board may act as trainers for forcible means equipment user tr...

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...

The career story of Minna Liflander.

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.

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.

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...

30.10.2025 | Decision Translation ID-24753995 1 (5) 06.02.2024 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 Enhanced Police Anticorrup...

24.3.2026 | Young people online An educator's guide to cybercrime prevention and responsible online behaviour. 2026 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Young people online 5 3 What is cybercrime? 7 3.1 Cybercrimes in Finnish legislation 8 3.2 Specific features of cyb...

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.

10.4.2024 | Participants in continuing education for police revealed serious traffic violations

27.8.2025 | Police University College is to take part in the Finnish Defence Forces’ local defense exercise on September 1–4, 2025. During the week, the personnel and equipment involved in the exercise may be seen on roads in the area.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2.2.2024 | Finnish drivers drive faster than average, when tired and hold a mobile phone when driving.

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...

30.6.2023 | 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...

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.

26.4.2024 | The police carried out intensified control of heavy goods vehicles in Central Finland on 23–25 April 2024 as part of a police training week. During the control days, 240 heavy vehicles were inspected.

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.

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. 

24.5.2023 | The Helsinki Police Department is present at the National Defence Training Association of Finland's (MPK) Security Day event at Rautatientori in Helsinki between 26 and 27 May. The police have a permit services identification vehicle on site where people can give their fingerprint for a travel document if they have completed the application online in advance.

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...

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

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

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

17.3.2023 | Besides specific traffic policing operations, the police surveillance and emergency operations also include traffic control tasks. Screening of drunken driving and controlling traffic behaviour of the young are important means available to the police in the efforts to improve traffic safety.

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.

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.

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.

22.2.2018 | Formally qualified? – A new exhibition at the Police Museum focusing on the changes in police education

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.

8.11.2017 | News from the Police Museum: new exhibitions about the police force and its education during the last one hundred years

28.8.2015 | Police University College launches new strategic leadership training program

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

13.11.2020 | ACTION PLAN FOR THE PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND RESIDENCE 2017–2020 1/2017 NATIONAL POLICE BOARD PUBLICATION SERIES Polisstyrelsens publikationsserie TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION..........................................................

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.

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

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