Read the career story of Detective Senior Sergeant Petri Hänninen.

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.

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.

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.

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.

8.11.2023 | The audit team appointed by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) will visit the Police University College (Polamk) from 8 to 9 November 2023 to conduct a comprehensive audit of Polamk’s quality system and to highlight strengths and enhancement areas.

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. 

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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”).

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.

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

17.12.2020 | The police of Finland have published their new website on 25 November 2020 at poliisi.fi

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.

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

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