Nationwide police surveillance camera mapping system The National Police Board’s surveillance camera mapping system is a database of surveillance cameras located on public land. The system contains information about the locations of cameras and th...

Unmanned aerial vehicles The Police of Finland has quickly become Finland’s largest organisation and an international pioneer in unmanned aviation. The Police of Finland uses unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in all its activities, and they are ever...

A domestic burglary violates the protection of one’s home Burglaries are regrettably common these days, and are committed all year round. The police always investigates burglaries as aggravated theft. Burglaries are typically committed by Finnish ...

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...

Criminal investigation process If the police has reason to suspect that a crime has been committed, a pre-trial investigation is opened. The length of the investigation depends on the nature of the crime. Simple and clear-cut criminal offences are...

Helsinki Police Department, units and services We ensure that our capital city is safe and pleasant for everyone together with the City of Helsinki, other authorities, communities and the residents. The Helsinki police station is in Pasila. You ca...

Police Traffic Safety Centre Photos from the fixed automatic traffic cameras are sent wirelessly to the Police Traffic Safety Centre in Helsinki. The photo taken by a traffic safety camera shows the vehicle, the licence plate, the driver, and iden...

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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...

16.4.2025 | The police are to trial a mobile video camera system that will enable policing to be filmed.

14.11.2025 | The Police University College is investigating how a remote controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (drone-in-a-box) system could be utilized in operational police work. The project is being carried out in cooperation with Central Finland and Southeastern Finland police departments.

10.10.2025 | The move does not affect the customer service opening hours. The Traffic Safety Centre’s customer service in Malmi is open from Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm and via telephone from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3 pm.

30.6.2025 | In the future, the Police Museum will keep the historical artefacts of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo). The items transferred to the museum collections include objects such as a secret mailbox from the 1950s related to espionage and bottles found at sea in the 1970s, intended for the smuggling of prohibited material.

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.

10.3.2021 | The Police will start using body-worn cameras, or bodycams, on a national scale this spring. The Helsinki and Eastern Uusimaa Police Departments have piloted the use of bodycams, and owing to the good experience, they will now be introduced in all Police Departments.

4.3.2020 | New traffic safety cameras have reduced accidents and driving speeds

4.3.2020 | New traffic safety cameras have reduced accidents and driving speeds

25.6.2026 | Several cases have come to the attention of the police in which individuals have been approached through Google Meet or another video call application by a person impersonating a Finnish police officer. The cases appear to target particularly immigrants residing in Finland. The video calls have been conducted in English and Finnish.

15.11.2019 | New traffic safety cameras have reduced the accident rates and driving speeds