Equality in the police 2018 Implementing a study on equality is one of the measures included in the police’s equality and equal opportunities scheme for 2017–2019. Similar studies have previously been carried out in 1998 and 2004. The 2018 study i...

Development of competence and structures for gaming police activities (GAMING POLICE) The GAMING POLICE project develops new multi-professional activities to prevent and combat harmful activities and crime targeting children in the world of digita...

Public Communication of the Finnish Police The changing communications environment is increasing pressure for change in how authorities communicate. “The Public Communication of the Finnish Police” project aims to respond to these changes in the o...

Finnish–Swedish Police Joint Patrolling in Torne River Valley The project involves training Finnish and Swedish police officers to cooperate in patrolling the Torne River Valley. The aim of the training is to give police officers the competencies ...

Police Response to Domestic Violence Emergency Calls The project consists of a study aimed at determining why only approximately one in five of the emergency calls labelled as domestic violence result in reporting a crime. Another goal is to estab...

Monitoring the corruption crimes reported to the police (KORRIK) The study uses police records to examine bribery and other corruption-related crimes from 2019 to 2023. Corruption is understood as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. The...

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 m...

Police University College Communication Services Media phone number: +358 295 483 400 Outside office hours, and in case we are not able to take your call, please leave your contact request by sending a text message to the media phone number or sen...

From Surveying Police Vehicle Damage towards Improving Driver Education and Training The project centers around surveying the police vehicle damage reports from 2013, on which a picture is built of the damage suffered by police vehicles in Finland...

Strategic planning The Police University College is both a higher education institution and a police unit. We value constructive criticism, research-based knowledge and its utilisation, questioning the old and developing the new, as well as innova...

Planning of teaching and learning The planning of teaching and learning are guided in particular by the Police strategy and Police University College strategic, pedagogical and RDI policies, as well as by the Police University College’s joint obje...

Key working groups and their tasks Numerous groups and networks that are often multidisciplinary and focus on different themes operate at the Police University College and include student and Polamk partner representatives. Some of our groups are ...

Key working groups and their tasks Numerous groups and networks that are often multidisciplinary and focus on different themes operate at the Police University College and include student and Polamk partner representatives. Some of our groups are ...

Northern Police Research Webinar The international Northern Police Research Webinar presents recent research in the field of policing for researchers, practitioners and other interested parties in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Scotland, Irelan...

Partnerships We outline our partners as follows: customers service providers public entities education and research community networks. Our projects involve a wide range of various authorities and higher education institutions and, occasionally, a...

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Ethics and open science In our research activities, we follow the Finnish research community's principles of open science and research. We conduct research in an ethically sustainable manner and operate in accordance with the guidelines and princi...

Tasks We are a university college in the field of internal security and conduct applied research and development work alongside our educational activities. Students can complete the following degrees at the Police University College: Bachelor of P...

Research and development The stages of our research and development processes are preparation, implementation and utilisation. This section contains key descriptions and instructions for all those interested in Police University College's RDI acti...

Illegal Dumping and the Shadow Economy – Current Status in Finland and the Baltic Sea Region The project consists of a study into the current status and future trends of illegal dumping and illicit waste trafficking in Finland. The aim of the proj...