26.2.2025 | Police Chief Jari Liukku appointed Simo Kauppinen to the position of Superintendent, serving as the Head of the Licensing and Aliens Unit. Kauppinen began his duties on February 1.

11.3.2015 | New Police University College website

28.11.2014 | Police University College joins Instagram

13.10.2022 | According to the annual report by the Police University College, the number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police in 2021 was one fifth higher than in the previous year.

18.2.2016 | Report from Police University College provides an overview of immigration and security

28.8.2015 | Police University College launches new strategic leadership training program

23.4.2015 | Police University College to continue working on behalf of public safety in Kosovo

18.2.2022 | According to a report by the Police University College of Finland, the fight against corruption and money laundering is still quite decentralised, although the two phenomena are clearly interlinked and form a "vicious circle". Furthermore, anti-corruption measures also differed between the Nordic countries and between authorities and companies.

10.9.2015 | The Police University College receives over €760,000 of EU funding for development projects

7.9.2018 | Historical work on 100 years of police training now published

20.8.2018 | 100 years of police training: public events and a new history of the police force

17.12.2020 | The effectiveness of police traffic surveillance and traffic safety enforcement are not as extensive as they could be in theory. This is the finding in a recent study completed at the Police University College "Poliisin liikennevalvonnan ja liikenneturvallisuustyön vaikuttavuus: Kompleksisuuden analyysi ja kuvaus" ("Effectiveness of Traffic Policing: An Analysis and Account of Its Complexity”).

2.6.2021 | A recent survey examined how diverse student recruitment is carried out in the police, what the challenges are and how it could be promoted.

11.6.2021 | The new publication by the Police University College examines innovativeness in the police. The topic is considered from the perspectives of the past, present and future.

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.

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.

9.5.2014 | Image survey: The Police University College is Finland's most respected university of applied sciences

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.

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. 

5.10.2018 | Current research news published online

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.

24.10.2017 | The number of hate crimes reported to the Police leveled out

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

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

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

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

18.12.2020 | The Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter 2/2020 has been published. The themes of this newsletter include the forms of corruption in Finland, the joint study experiment at the higher education institutions in Tampere and the new Police Museum exhibition on fake pieces of art.

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.

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.

16.12.2020 | 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.

17.12.2020 | What are the greatest threats to Finland's security of supply? Are we better at preparing for a national epidemic or global pandemic than we were before? How have disasters that have affected the entire country, such as the school shootings, the Konginkangas bus accident or the 2004 tsunami, changed preparedness and safety guidelines? These are some of the questions that are being considered in the publication “Varautuminen eilen – varautuminen huomenna.

7.10.2020 | Last year police learned of slightly fewer suspected hate crimes than in 2018, according to an annual report on hate crimes from the Police University College. According to the report, a total of 899 criminal complaints were filed last year about acts that were classified as suspected hate crimes. The number declined, approaching the longer-term level that preceded the surge in growth in such crimes that took place in 2015.

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

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.

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

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

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

3.9.2013 | International police psychology course at the Police College

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.

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

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

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

12.9.2013 | Member of European Commission visiting the Police College

11.7.2013 | Police College expands its partnership network

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.

7.11.2012 | International police research seminar at Police College of Finland

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).

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

21.11.2012 | A virtual tour of the Police College now available

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.

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.

3.8.2016 | Increase in corruption involving misuse of information

20.2.2014 | College gets a new English name

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

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

26.4.2016 | Waste is fermenting into a breeding ground for crime

4.8.2014 | First Bachelor of Policing students begin their studies

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...

17.12.2013 | Police education system reform confirmed