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

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

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

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.

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

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

1.10.2019 | VIOLENT ATTACK AT HERMAN SHOPPING CENTRE

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

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

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

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

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.

17.1.2012 | The first Research Review is out

8.4.2015 | Study shows: Organised crime has an annual turnover of EUR 110 billion in the EU

2.11.2021 | To support the interaction between the Police and the Roma, the National Police Board has compiled a publication called The Police and the Roma – equality and cooperation questions.

23.10.2020 | The 2020 Police Officer of the Year specialises in operational development for demanding situations

30.12.2021 | The National Police Board is analysing the decision of the Deputy Chancellor of Justice concerning the investigation of human trafficking offences and will assess the improvement measures required in it as well as actions taken by the police in recent years.

31.5.2011 | The annual report available as an e-publication

7.6.2012 | The Annual Report 2011/2012 has been released

31.5.2010 | The Police College’s Annual Report 2009/2010 has been released

16.11.2018 | National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen at new police officers’ swearing-in ceremony: Police resources stretched to the limit

1.11.2019 | Police manual on publicity is out now

19.8.2022 | The survey of the status of the permit service administration has now been completed. The survey was made by Deputy Police Chief Jarmo Nykänen of the Eastern Finland Police Department on the assignment of the National Police Board of Finland.

22.11.2019 | Staff cuts and changes in the operating environment shape the demands of police work

18.5.2018 | New at the Police Museum: Join police patrol 501 and try out your skills as a police officer

23.9.2022 | The police are being pulled in several different directions at the moment. The current geopolitical situation has made it necessary to step up preparedness. At the same time, the police are in talks with the Ministry of the Interior over a new plan to balance the organisation’s operations and finances and to cut costs in the short-term.

22.2.2018 | Formally qualified? – A new exhibition at the Police Museum focusing on the changes in police education

9.12.2019 | New approach to policing needed to adapt to changes in the operating environment: 50 recommendations to reform the Police’s patrol and response system

27.1.2022 | The Barnahus project jointly run by the Police and Finnish institute for health and welfare (THL) has published a handbook which is a collective guide for the investigation of violent and sexual crimes against children. The handbook collects information for the Police regarding various pretrial investigation measures.

8.11.2017 | News from the Police Museum: new exhibitions about the police force and its education during the last one hundred years

6.6.2017 | The Police Museum extends its opening hours in the summer season

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4.1.2017 | The Police Museum as popular as ever - new exhibition coming

From field work to training provider and developer Assistant Police Commissioner Sami Hätönen, Chief of the Public Order and Security Unit National Police Board Master of Public Administration, Bachelor in Police Command The Police Officer of the ...

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14.12.2015 | National Police Museum closes for Christmas

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13.1.2017 | The new police video channel PoliceTube provides information and advice, and evokes feelings

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17.5.2016 | The Police Museum extends its opening hours in the summer season

Read the career story of Sergeant Jussi Majanen.

5.1.2016 | Water damage at the Police Museum - to be reopened for the public on 19 January

13.1.2016 | Another record year for the Police Museum, with more than 26,000 visitors

Versatile project work Group Lead Erno Järvi National Police Board, Information Technology Centre of the Police Master of Engineering, IT As a group lead, I am responsible for project planning, development and steering. The work is a versatile set...

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5.12.2019 | Museum closed for Christmas break Dec 16 - Jan 6

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12.5.2020 | The new Road Traffic Act turns traffic summary penal fees into administrative fines

8.1.2015 | Another record-breaking year for the Police Museum: more than 21,000 visitors

17.6.2019 | Museum open longer than normal during summer season

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