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  1. 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...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/violence-disruptive-behaviour-and-noise-cause-house-calls-for-the-police-at-new-year
  2. Hate crimes What is a hate crime? The Finnish law does not define the concept of a hate crime specifically. In general terms, hate crime is a crime motivated by prejudice or hostility towards the victim’s ethnic or national origin. The crime may a...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/hate-crimes
  3. You can visit us even if you do not speak Finnish, Swedish or English. With the help of interpreters, you can talk to us in any language you want. However, you should reserve some time for the services, or bring someone who speaks Finnish with you.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/information-about-the-helsinki-police-department-in-different-languages
  4. 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...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-use-of-alpha-pvp-can-also-be-seen-in-road-traffic
  5. Using your passport When you use your passport, keep in mind that even young children need to have their own passport. the information on the passport must be up-to-date. If you change your name, you cannot use a passport with your old name on it ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/using-your-passport
  6. List of fees 2026 Processing permit applications and notifications incurs a fee. The tables below provide more detailed information about police fees. The fees are based on the Ministry of the Interior's fee regulation. Local police fees Passports...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/payment-table
  7. 16.2.2023 | The Police would like to remind dog owners that during the period from 1 March to 19 August dogs must be kept on a leash as provided by the Hunting Act. The objective of the provision is to protect the undisturbed breeding and nesting of natural animals.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-reminder-keep-dog-on-a-leash-outside-population-centres-as-of-1-march
  8. 26.8.2025 | The police imposed a large number of sanctions in the urban traffic surveillance campaign
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-police-imposed-a-large-number-of-sanctions-in-the-urban-traffic-surveillance-campaign
  9. 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
  10. Police helpline The police helpline gives advice on non-urgent matters regarding licences, appointment bookings, e-services and traffic surveillance. The national police helpline gives advice on non-urgent matters regarding passports, identity car...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/police-customer-service-helpline
  11. 18.2.2025 | Rikosten ja poliisin hälytystehtävien määrä kasvaa Helsingissä
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-number-of-offences-and-the-police-s-emergency-response-assignments-growing-in-helsinki
  12. 10.7.2025 | During the visit the delegation met with law enforcement authorities and got acquainted with their operational environment.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/delegation-led-by-national-police-commissioner-ilkka-koskimaki-visited-ukraine
  13. 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
  14. Matters involving large carnivores Sometimes large carnivores (bear, wolf, wolverine, lynx) cause danger to humans. Dangerous situations related to large carnivores should be handled by the police. In practice, the police take care of assignments ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/matters-involving-large-carnivores
  15. 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...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/police-dogs
  16. 9.9.2022 | On Wednesday 7 September, the Police organised intensive speed controls throughout Finland. The controls covered as much of the country as possible, using the Police’s automated and movable speed control equipment.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/intensive-24-hour-police-speed-control-operation-on-7-september-2022
  17. 23.3.2022 | On Thursday 24 March, the Finnish Police Departments will organise a control event with intense 24 hours of uninterrupted controls.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-organises-24-hour-speeding-control-marathon-on-24-march
  18. 5.2.2016 | Foreign nationals increasingly suspects in rapes and assaults; unrest at reception centres keeping the police busy
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/foreign-nationals-increasingly-suspects-in-rapes-and-assaults-unrest-at-reception-centres-keeping-the-police-busy-
  19. 29.1.2016 | Foreign nationals increasingly suspects in rapes and assaults; unrest at reception centres keeping the police busy
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/foreign-nationals-increasingly-suspects-in-rapes-and-assaults-unrest-at-reception-centres-keeping-the-police-busy-1
  20. 29.1.2016 | Foreign nationals increasingly suspects in rapes and assaults; unrest at reception centres keeping the police busy
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/foreign-nationals-increasingly-suspects-in-rapes-and-assaults-unrest-at-reception-centres-keeping-the-police-busy