Police of Finland
| The national police of Finland Suomen poliisi Finlands polis | |
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Coat of arms of the Finnish police | |
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| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Headquarters | Helsinki |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
The Finnish Police Service (Finnish: Suomen poliisi Swedish:Finlands polis ) is a collection of government agencies responsible for general police and law enforcement matters in Finland. The official insignia of the Finnish Police consists of the crowned head of the Finnish Lion placed at the place of the handle of a two-edged sword.
The Finnish Police Service consists of the Finnish National Police Board (Finnish: Poliisihallitus Swedish:Polisstyrelsen) county police authorities (Finnish: poliisilaitos Swedish: polisinrättning).
- Nuorempi konstaapeli - Junior Constable
- Vanhempi konstaapeli - Senior Constable
- Ylikonstaapeli - Superior Constable
- Komisario - Commissary
- Ylikomisario - Superior Commissary
- Apulaispoliisipäällikkö - Assistant Police Chief
- Poliisipäällikkö - Police Chief
- Poliisijohtaja - Police Director
- Poliisiylijohtaja - Superior Police Director
Recent history
On 2 January 2016 the Finnish Police was causing confusion in the social and public media, because one of its Detective Chief Inspectors noted in public that people should run away and call emergency number if some foreigner, or as later he clarified, also a Finn, approached them with unusual, or even intimate motive. He further advised that people should avoid communicating with foreigners due to danger of misunderstanding. [1]
On 8 January 2016, the former German State News Agency Deutsche Welle reported, citing a Finnish Deputy Police Chief, that events similar to the events in Cologne were prevented early in Helsinki due to massive police presence. The Chief further made the notion, without going further into the details, that the participants had "bad purposes in mind", clarifying that 15 refugees were taken into custody. According to the reported details, some 1000 asylum seekers were gathered to the scene on the evening. He noted, that the mobilization of Police Forces was largest ever during Finnish New Year celebrations. [2]
On 23 January 2016, Finnish Press reported that Finnish police had taken in custody two Clowns who reportedly obstructed a demonstration promoting closing the borders.[3] Earlier on the independence day 2015 Finnish Police was reported to have fired a compressed air gun on anarchist demonstrators who reportedly tried to obstruct a torch march.[4]
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