17.1.2012 | The first Research Review is out

10.10.2023 | Forged works by “Gallen-Kallela”, “Schjerfbeck” and “Picasso”, information about art crime cases, the related investigations and cooperation between the authorities – all this can still be explored at the Police Museum in Tampere until mid-December.

29.1.2009 | Three new research projects to start at the Police College of Finland

19.10.2022 | The Police has published its first responsibility report. Accessible at the Police site, the report is a summary of the responsibility objectives set in 2021, with respective measures to be taken. Responsibility is part of all Police operations

8.9.2011 | The Palestinian police seek development ideas from Finnish police training

17.12.2008 | Telephone numbers at the Police College of Finland to change on 30 December

1.10.2019 | VIOLENT ATTACK AT HERMAN SHOPPING CENTRE

3.6.2009 | New e-mail addresses for the Police College of Finland

20.5.2022 | The Police Museum received the Museum of the Year 2022 award granted by the Finnish Museums Association and ICOM (International Council of Museums) Finland.

11.6.2013 | Online annual report published

4.4.2016 | Estonian Police's first money tracking dog to be trained in Finland

1.8.2022 | The national Special Intervention Unit Karhu is a special intervention unit with the basic task of supporting all police units everywhere in Finland.

5.3.2012 | Police College of Finland passes audit by Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council

28.2.2023 | The use of camera drones has become a part of daily operations for the police in Finland. Drones provide the police with eyes in the sky, and even help save lives.

4.6.2012 | Police College of Finland organises an international course on the prevention of serious and planned violence

30.6.2023 | Shrinking age groups and urbanisation are already realities today and nor are the police immune to these phenomena. The National Police Board’s recent analysis of the operational environment shows the challenges can already be seen with retaining the workforce in some duties, especially in sparsely populated areas and smaller police stations. Young people in particular prefer to move to growth centr...

6.9.2012 | Directors of Nordic police training institutions to meet at the Police College of Finland on 6 to 7 September

10.12.2015 | New strategic leadership program to be launched

17.12.2013 | Police education system reform confirmed

29.9.2015 | Current research news published online

26.4.2016 | Waste is fermenting into a breeding ground for crime

4.8.2014 | First Bachelor of Policing students begin their studies

6.7.2012 | Police College compiles staff’s publications into one register

20.2.2014 | College gets a new English name

21.11.2012 | A virtual tour of the Police College now available

3.8.2016 | Increase in corruption involving misuse of information

9.8.2016 | Current research news published online

10.9.2012 | Police College of Finland to host an international course by the European Police College 10 - 13 September

24.3.2023 | Superintendent Pekka Kokkonen, Head of the Police Dog Training Centre of the Police University College, has been appointed to serve as Senior Police Coordinator in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).

7.5.2018 | Research: Crimes by asylum seekers typically involve assaults and intimidation in reception centers

4.4.2023 | The National Police Board is to launch a study on the development needs of police education. The study will be commissioned from HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management. The study will focus on police degrees (Bachelor of Police Services and Master of Police Services in Finnish and Swedish) and continuing education for police.

12.1.2021 | The distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the online environment has increased significantly in recent years. At the same time, brutal material has also become increasingly common.

7.11.2012 | International police research seminar at Police College of Finland

12.9.2013 | Member of European Commission visiting the Police College

11.7.2013 | Police College expands its partnership network

22.4.2013 | Police College of Finland hosts a European Police College course 22–26 April

14.8.2023 | Come and mark Police Day in Oulu or Paltamo

3.6.2013 | Police College of Finland to host an international course by the European Police College

11.11.2021 | The annual report on hate crime by the Police University College indicates that the number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police was slightly lower in 2020 than in the previous year.

12.10.2016 | Use of force by the police being monitored for frequency, causes and consequences

23.5.2023 | The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has caused our security environment to change in a fundamental and permanent way. According to National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen, our internal security and a good sense of security create the conditions and capacity to cope with the crises affecting the country’s external security.

3.9.2013 | International police psychology course at the Police College

9.11.2016 | Number of hate crimes reported to the Police on the rise

16.12.2015 | New: Descriptions of the Police University College’s research and development projects now available online

8.2.2016 | The University College has started a research project on illegal waste trade and illegal waste shipments

7.6.2021 | Operators based in the Nordic countries can be taken advantage of in money laundering related to corruption, even though open corruption, such as bribery, is relatively rare in the Nordic countries.

18.12.2020 | The results of the stakeholder survey of the Police University College (Polamk), which was conducted in the autumn of 2020, are ready. More than 400 collaborative partners from Finnish and foreign police organisations, education or research organisations, other public organisations and businesses responded to the survey. The response rate for the survey was 43 percent.

26.11.2018 | The number of hate crimes stabilized after peak growth in 2015

8.11.2024 | The enforcement operation on 11-15 November 2024 will focus on compliance with driving and rest periods, load securing, vehicle condition and overloading. The operation period is part of the network of European Traffic Police Forces’ (RoadPol) pan-European-enforcement theme. All police departments will take part in the nationwide intensive enforcement operation.

16.9.2020 | The Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter 2/2020 has been published.

28.4.2023 | There are more than 200 police dogs in Finland. Training a dog is a long-term process that requires a committed handler. For the police, dogs offer assistance that neither a human nor technology can replace.

4.3.2014 | New telephone numbers for the Police University College from 13 March

22.9.2017 | Study shows: Taser to be a reliable and useful tool for the police

7.10.2021 | According to rough estimates, several tens of thousands of persons engage in self-destructive behaviour, or are at acute risk for suicide every year. However, no accurate statistics are available.

5.10.2018 | Current research news published online

4.12.2023 | We refuse to accept that the values of justice, openness and freedom are used against us,” said National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen at the police oath ceremony held in Tampere on 4 December 2023. 

1.3.2024 | Police education produces the skills needed in working life, and those who have completed their education enjoy long careers. The study on the state of police education published on 29 February 2024 shows that there is room for improvement, for example, in the onerous selection process for admission to study for the degree of Bachelor of Police Studies.

16.12.2020 | A comprehensive approach and data collection model are needed for the monitoring of corruption. This is stated in the final report of the KORSI (Corruption monitoring indicators in Finland) research project, coordinated by the Police University College. The project explored suitable methods and indicators for the monitoring of corruption in Finland.

25.4.2019 | Cybercrime and advances in information technology challenge the law and judicial systems

15.5.2024 | The Police Museum was established in May 2004 in conjunction with the then National Police School in Tampere. The museum celebrates its 20th anniversary in many different ways. This includes memories posted on social media and various events.