16.3.2023 | Länsi-Uudenmaan poliisilaitos, Kirkkonummen kunta ja Helsingin poliisisoittokunta järjestivät nuorille Pidä huolta! -valistuskonsertit 14.3. Tapahtumat pidettiin ensimmäistä kertaa Kirkkonummella.

Unlicensed firearms and explosives You can hand over unlicensed firearms, firearm components, cartridges, specially dangerous projectiles and explosives to the police without legal consequences. However, must report them to the police on your own ...

Getting a passport You can apply for a standard passport online or by visiting the police station of your choice. It is easiest to do this online. Have your passport photograph taken. The photography studio sends your passport photograph to the po...

Information for asylum seekers The police’s role in asylum matters If a person intends to make an application for international protection, also known as an asylum application, they should submit it to the police or border guard when arriving in t...

Career story of Detective Sergeant Mirka Törhönen

24.7.2016 | Itä-Vantaalla kateissa 8-vuotias poika

List of fees 2026 Processing permit applications and notifications incurs a fee. The tables below provide more detailed information about police fees. The fees are based on the Ministry of the Interior's fee regulation. Local police fees Passports...

13.4.2026 | The criminal investigation into the unmanned aerial vehicle found in Iitti, Päijät-Häme continues. The Border Guard investigates the incident as a suspected territorial violation, and the National Bureau of Investigation investigates a suspected grossly negligent endangerment.

Supervision of foreign nationals The police monitor adherence to the Aliens Act and regulations based on it. Supervision of foreign nationals is a statutory duty of the police on the basis of the Aliens Act. It is primarily carried out as part of ...

2.4.2026 | Based on information gathered during the investigations, the authorities do not completely exclude the possibility that, in addition to the unmanned aerial vehicles already found in Finland, several other such aircraft might have ended up in the country.

Want to become a weapons collector? A weapons collector’s aim is to collect and store firearms or firearm components for which they have a licence. Weapons collector approval is granted by the National Police Board. Weapons collecting is systemati...

Projects and top-up funding The police can use its top-up funding towards the organisation’s development projects. The following projects have been financed fully or partially with top-up funding. Projects in progress Open all Close all IMPROVE - ...

11.10.2024 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has completed criminal investigation into suspected war crimes committed in Ukraine in 2014. One person is suspected of several war crimes, including an aggravated war crime.

30.6.2022 | After February this year, about 2000 applications of temporary protection related to the war in Ukraine have been filed with the Western Uusimaa Police Department. During week 24, the number of applications filed within the Police Department areas was 70 while the week preceding midsummer they were 50. On a weekly level, the number of applications show a slightly rising trend but nothing indicates that the application numbers would start to grow significantly.

4.12.2025 | According to the Police Barometer, Finns are particularly concerned about crimes committed by young people, firearms, and the use and sale of drugs in public places. The police have defined crime prevention as the priority for next year.

15.12.2023 | National Bureau of Investigation investigates alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine.

10.7.2025 | During the visit the delegation met with law enforcement authorities and got acquainted with their operational environment.

4.12.2025 | The Police Museum's new online exhibition “In Memoriam – Police killed in the line of duty” examines the history of police fatalities. The exhibition reveals for example the most dangerous types of assignments for police officers and how the work community responded to these events in different periods.

17.10.2024 | Two German men died in a plane crash in Räyskälä

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.