27.11.2025 | The Finnish and Swedish police into increasingly closer co-operation in the Lapland and Norrbotten regions

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.

21.3.2023 | The Police University College (Polamk) has published an operating model for open science and research to outline the principles for responsible openness in the work community and to provide guidelines for everyday work and processes.

5.8.2025 | The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday August 30, 2025. On that day, you will have a chance to get acquainted with police activities and equipment at the Police Museum and in its yard. Lots of fun activities are in store for the whole family!

29.9.2025 | A separate parking area has been reserved for the vehicles of museum visitors from the beginning of October 2025. The parking permit required for the parking spaces can be collected from the reception point of the museum.

16.11.2022 | The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre will audit the Police University College’s quality system in November 2023.

10.10.2024 | According to an annual report by the Police University College, the number of suspected hate crimes continued to increase in 2023.

20.5.2022 | The Police Museum, which is connected with the Police University College, received the Museum of the Year 2022 award granted by the Finnish Museums Association and ICOM (International Council of Museums) Finland.

4.6.2025 | National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki received the new police officers’ ethical oath at the Police University College on Wednesday 4 June 2025. In his speech, Ilkka Koskimäki highlighted the safety and security of schools. The police support the security work carried out in educational institutions. However, the security of schools is a more extensive issue, and not a matter for the police alone.

22.4.2021 | Young people have again considered the Police University College to be among the best in a survey mapping the recognition and appeal of Finnish universities of applied sciences.

22.8.2023 | The Official gaming companions project will test and study how the police could intervene with harmful activities and crime in gaming communities and gaming platforms.

29.10.2025 | Superintendent Sami Hätönen, who works at the Police University College, has been chosen as the Police Officer of the Year 2025 in Finland. The nomination was announced on Wednesday 29 October 2025 at a seminar in Helsinki.

20.9.2023 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 2/2023 of the Police University College has been published. 

13.3.2020 | Police University College policy on visits and events

5.9.2022 | For a couple of years now, the Finnish police have been trialling the use of dogs that can sniff out body fluids in criminal investigation, and the training of semen-sniffing dogs has now become one of the official special training areas for police dogs. The next specialty that the Police Dog Training Centre will test with police dogs is sniffing out electronic devices.

13.11.2023 | To prevent labor exploitation and human trafficking, foreign workers need to have access to information in their native language about working in Finland.

30.6.2025 | In the future, the Police Museum will keep the historical artefacts of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo). The items transferred to the museum collections include objects such as a secret mailbox from the 1950s related to espionage and bottles found at sea in the 1970s, intended for the smuggling of prohibited material.

17.12.2020 | The Police University College has launched its new website on Thursday 17 December at polamk.fi. The updated website of the Police Museum has also been launched at the same time at poliisimuseo.fi.

22.6.2021 | The opportunities for police students to complete optional studies will expand when the Police University College joins the University of Applied Sciences’ CampusOnline portal as well as the Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences' cross-institutional study service from the autumn semester of 2021.

17.5.2023 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 1/2023 of the Police University College has been published.

9.3.2023 | The police look for ways to reach citizens through communication, not only in Finland but in other countries as well. Structural and cultural factors of the police administration have a crucial impact on how the police develops interaction in various countries.

14.8.2023 | Come and mark Police Day in Oulu or Paltamo

26.9.2022 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 2/2022 of the Police University College has been published. 

11.10.2022 | Police dogs’ barking and training commands ring out again at Rinkelinmäki “Dog Hill” training facilities in Hämeenlinna, now that the Police Dog Training Centre has returned to its renovated base.

18.11.2019 | The Police University College to host the meeting of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training in Tampere

19.12.2022 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 3/2022 of the Police University College has been published. 

26.10.2023 | The number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police increased by one fifth last year, indicates the Police University College’s annual report.

18.4.2019 | Image survey: Police University College fairs well among universities of applied sciences

7.2.2023 | From February 2023, the Police University College offers a series of international webinars, where researchers and other experts present recent research in the field of policing.

18.8.2023 | The Helsinki Police Department will host its traditional Police Day event at the Stoa square on Saturday 26 August from 12 noon until 4 pm.

31.1.2019 | Police University College at the heart of CEPOL - follow our experts on Twitter

1.11.2024 | This autumn, Finns have been concerned about damage to critical infrastructure, street and gang crime, activists spraying the pillars of the Parliament building in red paint, and domestic and intimate partner violence. The number of homicides has increased and the police have become increasingly aware of violent crimes committed by minors.

20.4.2022 | The new curriculum is based on a student-centered approach, reflecting the everyday professional work and narrative pedagogy that help students achieve more in-depth learning. The new curriculum will be introduced in August 2023.

25.5.2022 | The research, innovation and development activities (RDI) newsletter 1/2022 of the Police University College has been published.

11.9.2018 | The Police University College launched a study on the critical infrastructure as a terrorist target

19.1.2018 | First graduates of EMBA in Policing programme at Police University College

19.6.2018 | EU project on domestic violence launched at the Police University College

1.6.2021 | The Police Museum will have longer opening hours on the weekdays during the summer season. From 1 June to 6 August, the Museum will be open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from noon to 5 pm.

15.7.2020 | Police Barometer: Finns continue to have strong confidence in police

4.11.2019 | Police en Newsroom News item The number of hate crimes decreased last year Publication date 4.11.2019 10.45 Type: News item According to a report by the Police University College, the number of hate crimes reported to the police in 2018 decreased ...

2.5.2018 | Image survey: Police University College one of the most appreciated universities among young people

13.5.2020 | Record number of applicants for police education

6.4.2022 | Physical violence is easy to recognise, because of the visible marks it leaves on the body. However, police officers and other frontline workers often struggle to correctly identify other forms of abuse.

21.9.2021 | The Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter 2/2021 has been published.

17.12.2021 | The last Police University College’s research, development and innovation (RDI) newsletter of this year has been published.

11.11.2022 | Police University College participates in the international Fake nEws Risk MItigator (FERMI) project that will develop an AI-based solution to detect disinformation and fake news, including in social media.

4.10.2024 | The post will be filled for a maximum period of five years from 1.11.2024 to 31.10.2029.

12.4.2022 | The police have the ability to communicate in operative contexts, but in public debate, the police have not quite found a place yet. Challenging situations include ones in which police operations are the subject of critical public debate.

9.3.2020 | RDI newsletter published

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

27.6.2024 | The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday 10 August 2024. That day, you can get acquainted with police equipment and activities, such as motorcycles, police dogs and mounted police with their horses, at the Police Museum and in its yard.

19.6.2019 | Record amount of applicants for police education

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

22.8.2019 | Police University College’s courses available for the first time for students from other higher education institutions in Tampere

10.5.2023 | The Police University College has completed two studies on the current status of organized crime and its prevention, combating and future development.

10.6.2022 | Efficient supervision of labour migration requires close cooperation between the authorities. For the authorities to collaborate systematically and to jointly choose the targets of supervision, clear leadership and powers are required.

21.4.2020 | Image survey: Police education interesting to and valued among young people

29.8.2022 | The topic of the Police University College’s new research report is the darkest side of the Dark Web: online pedophile communities. Understanding the operating models of online communities is one way to prevent sexual violence against children.

10.11.2016 | Police University College to host the first ever joint course of Nordic police academies

22.11.2019 | RDI newsletter brings you the latest news on police research