5.6.2026 | - Police operational results at the beginning of the year have developed mainly in a positive direction. Overall, police operations have strengthened especially in combating serious crime and in the availability of services, says National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki.

Self-exclusion From the player's perspective, one of the main reforms of the Gambling Act is the possibility to join a centralised self-exclusion register. A player can self-exclude by submitting a notice to the authority. This prevents them from ...

We operate everywhere in Finland The Finnish Government steers the operations of the police. The steering is implemented through the goals of the Government Programme as well as the Government Resolutions. The Ministry of the Interior is responsib...

Environmental offences Impairment of the environment is a crime. Environmental offences are acts that damage and endanger the environment, natural resources and the plant or animal kingdom. A typical environmental offence investigated by the polic...

Connecting to the supervision system’s interfaces All holders of a gambling licence or an exclusive licence must implement two direct integrations with the National Police Board's supervision system: an integration with the self-exclusion register...

13.3.2026 | The Finnish police managed to meet the expectations and requirements set for the police efficiently and productively during 2025. As an example, in emergency response assignments the police arrived at the scene in 9.5 minutes, which was clearly below the target time. At the same time, the number of assignments has increased significantly.

13.3.2026 | Polisen lyckades uppfylla förväntningarna och kraven på den på ett effektivt och resultatrikt sätt under 2025. Till exempel vid brådskande utryckningar var polisen på plats inom 9,5 minuter, vilket klart underskred den målsatta tiden. Samtidigt har antalet uppdrag ökat betydligt.

30.10.2025 | Decision Translation ID-24753995 1 (5) 06.02.2024 POL-2024-20460 NATIONAL POLICE BOARD Vuorimiehentie 3, P.O.Box 1000, 02151 ESPOO kirjaamo.poliisihallitus@poliisi.fi Tel. +358 295 480 181, Fax +358 295 411 780 police.fi Enhanced Police Anticorrup...

5.6.2025 | The police make more than 2,000 co-operation visits to Finnish schools this year

5.1.2026 | Letter Translation ID-24755195 1 (13) 14.06.2024 POL-2024-20460 NATIONAL POLICE BOARD Vuorimiehentie 3, P.O.Box 1000, 02151 ESPOO kirjaamo.poliisihallitus@poliisi.fi Tel. +358 295 480 181, Fax +358 295 411 780 police.fi Police Anticorruption Polic...

23.3.2022 | In March, more than 800 applications for asylum or temporary protection have been submitted to Western Uusimaa Police Department. Of the applicants, the majority are adult women and children under 18 years of age.

14.11.2023 | Polisinrättningen i Östra Nyland har i samband med den organisationsreform som trädde i kraft 1.11.2023 satsat särskilt på utredning av brottmål som gäller personer i utsatt ställning.

23.1.2024 | I en ny rapport föreslås att inrikesministeriets förvaltningsområde ska ta en aktiv roll i utvecklingen av digitala modeller av miljön. Digitala modeller, eller så kallade digitala tvillingar, är tredimensionella modeller som efterliknar fysiska platser, föremål eller objekt i den fysiska världen.

8.2.2024 | De våldsbrott som minderåriga begår riktar sig mestadels mot andra minderåriga. För att bryta en allvarlig spiral av våldsbrott hos minderåriga behövs det smidigt samarbete mellan myndigheterna och nya metoder.

27.8.2015 | Polisen har utrett en centralisering av förvaltnings- och stödfunktionerna

27.8.2015 | Polisen har utrett en centralisering av förvaltnings- och stödfunktionerna

24.11.2022 | The operation and structure of the contact information search will also be changed. The largest change is that police stations will no longer have separate contact information pages.

16.8.2021 | Next year’s Police budget is under threat of a shortfall of EUR 35m-EUR 40m unless the situation is remedied in the government budget session in September. The decision on spending limits in the spring failed to include the resources required by the Police to guarantee even the existing level of Police operations. Without financing, the Police will be facing adjustment measures in all Police operations and units.

20.12.2018 | The police focus on preventing and revealing criminal offences

20.12.2018 | The police focus on preventing and revealing criminal offences