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30.12.2025 | In particular, the police will pay attention to people’s handling of fireworks and, if necessary, intervene.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/helsinki-police-is-maintaining-public-order-and-safety-in-helsinki-on-new-year-s-eve-1
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9.1.2026 | In December, the Helsinki Police Department responded to several emergency calls related to TikTok challenges, in which children as young as 10 attempted to climb onto dangerous locations such as apartment building roofs.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/helsinki-police-department-warns-children-and-their-parents-about-dangerous-social-media-challenges
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5.12.2025 | The Timeout Foundation grants this recognition to an actor who has strengthened dialogue, inclusion, and democracy in Finland.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/25254699/the-gaming-police-project-has-been-awarded-the-recognition-for-act-of-dialogue-in-finland
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22.11.2024 | The police are to step up their presence in schools by offering nationwide virtual lessons to all schools in 2025. Under a new national model, the police will also support schools in problem-solving situations by being more accessible by phone or email.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-to-step-up-presence-in-schools
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3.11.2025 | The police encounter every day situations where citizens need help due to their mental health problems. This can be seen in all areas of policing, especially in law enforcement and response assignments.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/mielen-kriisit-poliisin-arjessa-kasvava-osa-tyota-ja-kohtaamisia-1
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13.3.2026 | The Finnish police managed to meet the expectations and requirements set for the police efficiently and productively during 2025. As an example, in emergency response assignments the police arrived at the scene in 9.5 minutes, which was clearly below the target time. At the same time, the number of assignments has increased significantly.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/annual-report-of-the-police-for-2025-is-ready
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16.12.2025 | The increasing use of narcotics in society is reflected in road traffic and to an increasing degree also in the everyday work of the traffic police. In the summer of 2025, about one in three people caught driving while intoxicated was driving under the influence of narcotics.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-use-of-alpha-pvp-can-be-seen-in-road-traffic
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20.11.2025 | A research project funded by the Ministry of the Interior examined the current state of street gang crime and explored what is needed to effectively disrupt the activities of criminal networks.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/25254699/combating-gang-crime-requires-cooperation-and-information-sharing
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15.1.2025 | This year, all schools will be offered an opportunity to participate in virtual lessons organised by the police. In a new national model, the police will also support schools in problem-solving situations by making it easier to reach police via phone or email.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-to-contact-schools-soon
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22.8.2025 | The police want to point out that young drivers are not always ready for responsible driving. An age exemption permit entitling to a category B driving licence at the age of 17 should be granted for genuinely exceptional cases, not routinely to young people. Statistics by Statistics Finland show a worrying trend in road traffic deaths among 17-year-olds.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/motoring-speeding-and-risky-behaviour-are-causes-for-increased-road-traffic-fatalities-among-17-year-olds
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28.8.2025 | According to the Helsinki Safety Survey, 90 per cent of Helsinki’s residents feel safe in the city in general; however, the feeling of being unsafe is more pronounced on weekends, particularly in the city centre and certain districts of the city. Crimes committed by young people have decreased significantly thanks to measures taken by the authorities, but disturbances and harm caused by drug use have increased.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/youth-crime-down-in-helsinki-drug-related-problems-on-the-rise
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4.9.2025 | Nordic police commissioners convened in Stockholm on 26-28 August 2025. New crime phenomena and an increasingly demanding operating environment are being addressed through cooperation between the Nordic countries and knowledge-based policing.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/nordic-cooperation-prepares-for-new-crime-phenomena-and-a-more-demanding-operating-environment
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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.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/25254699/illegal-marketing-of-gambling-in-game-streams-and-social-media
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29.8.2025 | Public trust in the police has remained stable for a long time. Of those who responded to the latest Police Barometer survey, 92 per cent trust the police a lot or a fair amount.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/25254699/public-trust-in-police-remains-high
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8.8.2025 | Helsinki Police Department has received a lot of feedback about public order disturbances and the perceived lack of safety resulting from substance abuse. These disturbances are mainly related to drug use and related crime.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/alpha-pvp-has-exacerbated-the-drug-situation-in-helsinki
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13.6.2025 | Like before, all police departments carried out an intensified street enforcement and substance abuse enforcement operation during the week when schools in Finland ended for the summer. As the local police departments have already communicated extensively in their own areas, the celebrations of young people went mostly well in the end-of-school weekend.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-national-theme-week-in-street-enforcement-by-the-police-revealed-clearly-less-reprehensible-issues-than-in-previous-years
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29.9.2025 | The police conducted intensified supervision of public order and security in the areas of all police departments in Finland during the first three weeks of September from 1 to 21 September 2025. The surveillance campaign collected observations on issues such as the occurrence of various intoxicants in the areas of the police departments.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-police-intensified-monitoring-of-disturbance-areas
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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.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/25254699/pilot-training-course-for-gaming-police-officers-at-the-police-university-college
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28.4.2025 | The police will have a visible presence to secure May Day celebrations in the capital from 30 April to 1 May 2025. Some streets around the Esplanade Park and Kaivopuisto will be closed.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-will-have-a-visible-presence-to-secure-may-day-celebrations
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22.5.2025 | The past two days have seen violent crimes carried out by children and young people using bladed weapons in Finnish schools. The police would like to remind everyone that it is always an offence to be in possession of a bladed weapon in a public place, such as schools and educational institutions.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-doing-their-part-to-ensure-school-safety