Police vehicles Finnish police use cars, vans, motorcycles, scooters, boats, water scooters, snowmobiles, quad bikes, bicycles and light electric vehicles. The police has to operate in many different kinds of environments and weather conditions, w...

Car burglaries and unauthorised use Finland is one of the safest European countries regarding motor vehicle offences. Cars, for example, get stolen in Finland least often in the entire EU. Also the amount of cars that remain missing is small in Fi...

Traffic offences The police detect traffic offences and address them every day. Traffic offences are often discovered in connection with the police’s traffic control or emergency activities. Traffic offences typically pose a danger to others. The ...

9.4.2026 | Public notification POL-2026-48831

30.6.2021 | The Police has put its first fully electric patrol car in operation, with the van taken over by the Häme Police Department in Lahti on Wednesday 30 June 2021.

4.6.2025 | The police monitored the safety of unprotected traffic throughout Finland over a period of three weeks from 12 May to 1 June 2025. The surveillance focused on the riding of bicycles, light electric vehicles and mopeds. With regard to cars and other heavier vehicles, special attention was paid to compliance with the rules concerning pedestrian crossings.

25.9.2025 | Police request certain witnesses to come forward regarding a suspected robbery in Vaasa

28.5.2024 | Last weekend, 24-26 May, the police checked the condition of mopeds, motorcycles and other vehicles lighter than cars and the condition and traffic behaviour of their drivers throughout the country. The operation was also directed at the condition and speed of electric personal transportation devices.

24.7.2024 | Based on initial data, this year will not continue the good trend of the past few years.

12.10.2022 | Häme Police Department Sustainability Report 2021 Keeping everyone safe, at all times We are committed to promoting the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). From among the goals in the Agenda, we have chosen the SDGs t...

9.4.2021 | On the special control day organised to improve the safety of vulnerable road users, many sanctions were issued to road users of various groups. Cautions and fines for traffic violations were given to cyclists on pavements and drivers of light electric vehicles.

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...

23.8.2022 | The police paid attention to speeds, zebra crossing and safety device rules and mobile phone use under a monitoring scheme to keep schoolchildren safe in traffic.

6.9.2022 | The results of the Police control campaign focusing on pedestrian crossings indicate that many drivers of vehicles do not pay enough attention, nor understand or show the prescribed special caution when approaching pedestrian crossings.

2.5.2022 | The results of the Police control campaign focusing on pedestrian crossings indicate that many drivers of vehicles do not pay enough attention, nor show the prescribed special caution when approaching pedestrian crossings.

16.4.2021 | The Police continued its work to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users and had an intensified control focus day on 14 April 2021 at pedestrian crossings, looking at how the relevant traffic rules were followed.

2.8.2019 | Helmetless adult cyclists set a bad example for children - Police to monitor traffic in the vicinity of schools as the new school year begins

23.8.2021 | The Police continues its work to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users and has an intensified control focus day on 24 August 2021 at pedestrian crossings, looking at how the relevant traffic rules are followed.

22.12.2022 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2021 The National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime, Finland 01 July, 2021 2 Content 1 General ..................................................................................................................

11.1.2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2020 The National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 July, 2020 Content 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................