1.3.2024 | The Police University College (Polamk) passes the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) audit and is granted a quality label for the following six years.

8.11.2023 | The audit team appointed by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) will visit the Police University College (Polamk) from 8 to 9 November 2023 to conduct a comprehensive audit of Polamk’s quality system and to highlight strengths and enhancement areas.

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...

The police strategy guides and prioritizes the activities and decision-making of the police and serves as the basis for long-term planning within the police force.

Privacy statement; media service on the poliisi.fi/en website POL-2022-52112, ID-22504907, 29.7.2022 Controller National Police Board Postal address: PO Box 1000, FI-02151 ESPOO Visiting address: Vuorimiehentie 3, 02150 ESPOO Telephone: +358 (0)29...

Ethical Code for the Police Ethical Code for the police is one of the elements of good corporate governance. The police’s Ethical Code consists of eight principles that derive from our values. Even routine police work can present officers with sit...

6.11.2017 | Quality system of Police University College (POLAMK) under international evaluation

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

Security sector business licence The security sector business licence entitles the holder to engage in, private security services business, security stewarding and protective security services. The easiest way to submit an application for a busine...

Passport photographs In most cases, the photography studio you visited will send your photograph directly to the police. Below you will find more information about attaching a passport photograph to your application. You can upload your photograph...

Passport photographs In most cases, the photography studio you visited will send your photograph directly to the police. You can upload your photograph onto the police’s photograph server, but we do not recommend this as many of the photographs up...

Fraud In fraud offences, the perpetrator aims to obtain financial benefits by deceiving the victim. Fraud often causes financial damage to the victim. Nowadays, there are many kinds of fraud types, and they have moved to information networks. E-ma...

Police helpline The police helpline gives advice on non-urgent matters regarding licences, appointment bookings, e-services and traffic surveillance. You can also ask for advice on matters related to automatic traffic surveillance as well as traff...

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...

Getting a passport You can apply for a standard passport online or by visiting the police station of your choice. It is easiest to do this online. Have your passport photograph taken. The photography studio sends your passport photograph to the po...

How to apply for an identity card You can apply for a standard identity card online or by visiting the police station of your choice. It is easiest to do this online. Have your passport photograph taken. The photography studio sends your passport ...

27.5.2026 | Security issues are a new perspective in the practices of open science and research. Polamk has both a higher education institution role and a police unit role, and the operating model takes into account the constraints on openness set by the police unit role.

4.5.2026 | 1 (38) Letter 07.04.2026 Document: ID-26235751 Case: POL-2025-152385 Written guidelines for obliged entities on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing in gambling activities Contents Definitions ...................................

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...

4.12.2025 | From 1 January 2026, it will no longer be possible to use a power of attorney on paper to collect a passport or identity card at a collection point. There will be an outage in the online service of the police on Friday 5 December.