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All firearms that have been permanently rendered unfit for use or deactivated must be registered in Finland.https://poliisi.fi/en/notification-of-firearms-rendered-unfit-for-use-or-deactivated
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Police en Newsroom Blog The police in Finland use firearm with deliberation and on rare occasions 23.9.2025 10.16 Blog The Finnish police use firearms on rare occasions. Even though individual situations involving the use of force sometimes receiv...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-police-in-finland-use-firearm-with-deliberation-and-on-rare-occasions
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Police emblem and how to use it correctly The sword-and-lion emblem is one of the best known symbols of Finnish police. The appearance and use of the emblem is regulated by the Finnish Government’s Decree on the Police. The police emblem consists ...https://poliisi.fi/en/usage-of-police-symbol-images
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Marketing of gambling Finland’s gambling system is undergoing reform. Please note that the content of this page is partly based on old legislation and is valid until 30 June 2027. The content will be updated as the effective date of the new legisl...https://poliisi.fi/en/marketing-of-gambling
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National Police Board of Finland, units and services The National Police Board’s tasks include planning, directing, developing and supervising police operations and the related support functions. In addition, it is responsible for the equal availa...https://poliisi.fi/en/national-police-board-units
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Prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing through money collection campaigns Money collection is a major source of income for many non-governmental organisations. The whole society benefits from non-profit organisations’ being able to...https://poliisi.fi/en/prevention-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-through-money-collection-campaigns
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Interpol has been a success story, also measured in terms of membership numbers. Today’s Interpol members are Police authorities of 195 states.https://poliisi.fi/en/long-history-of-international-police-cooperation
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Do you want to become a trainer? A trainer of courses for users of forcible means equipment and refresher courses Only persons licensed as a use-of-force trainer by the National Police Board may act as trainers for forcible means equipment user tr...https://poliisi.fi/en/do-you-want-to-be-a-trainer
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Data protection and processing of personal data Police work often involves processing personal data. The police has a statutory duty to ensure the security of personal data and the privacy of people’s information. The police only processes persona...https://poliisi.fi/en/data-protection-and-processing-of-personal-data
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There are hundreds of career opportunities with the police Police education in Finland is provided by the Police University College in Tampere. Most people associate police work with blue uniforms and police cars. In addition to patrolling the str...https://poliisi.fi/en/become-a-police-officer
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Public protests at Helsinki Airport – FAQ Public meetings and demonstrations A public meeting is typically a demonstration, or some other event arranged under the constitutional freedom of assembly. Anyone may follow a public meeting or demonstrat...https://poliisi.fi/en/public-meetings-and-demonstrations
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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
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Permit forms for the private security sector The police has a key role in the supervision of the private security sector. More extensive supervision and management of the sector is carried out by the National Police Board. The supervision of secur...https://poliisi.fi/en/permit-forms-for-the-private-security-sector
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Instructions for licence holders A holder of a security sector business licence must have such general written instructions that allow the guards and security stewards to carry out their guarding and security stewarding duties correctly and safely...https://poliisi.fi/en/instructions-for-licence-holders
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23.9.2025 | The police in Finland use a firearm on a very few occasions by international comparison. In his blog post, the National Police Commissioner of Finland provides information on the use of firearms by the police and related phenomena based on statistics, and on changes in the operating environment.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/blog-by-the-national-police-commissioner-the-police-in-finland-use-firearm-with-deliberation-and-on-rare-occasions
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Amending a security sector business licence The National Police Board may amend the terms and limitations added to the security sector business licence due to changes in the scope of the security sector business licence holder's operations, the nu...https://poliisi.fi/en/amending-or-cancelling-a-security-sector-business-licence
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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.https://poliisi.fi/en/police-strategy
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Internal supervision is one of the work tasks of everyone working for the Police. Internal monitoring involves everyday procedures and ways of acting aimed at securing operational legality and productivity.https://poliisi.fi/en/internal-supervision
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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...https://poliisi.fi/en/vehicles
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Organisation of Helsinki Police 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 can report an off...https://poliisi.fi/en/organisation-and-management-helsinki-police-department