International models for public communication of the police and their utilisation in Finland (VIESTI)

Police communication is developing from one-way dissemination of information towards phenomenon-based and interactive communication. The police must be able to anticipate which individual incidents and long-term development processes are likely to raise lively public debate. 

The VIESTI project that continues “The Public Communication of the Finnish Police” research project will perform a comparative analysis of European practices and operational models. On its basis, a pilot model for supporting civic dialogue and phenomenon-based communication in the Finnish police will be formulated. The pilot model produced in the project can be utilised and developed further in police units. 

Timescale: May 2022 – October 2022

Funding: National Police Board, Ministry of the Interior 

Contact persons at Police University College: Project Manager Pirjo Jukarainen, researcher Iina Sahramäki. Email in the format [email protected].