Police dog gallery Welcome to meet Finland’s police dogs! In the police dog gallery, you can browse the dogs based on their task, placement, breed and sex. For example, you can choose to view only the dogs of a certain police department. You can a...

Police dog training The Police University College’s Police Dog Training Centre trains dog handlers, who then train police dogs. Each year, 12 patrol dog handlers and 2–4 specialist dog handlers begin their training. Police dog handlers, just like ...

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...

Bachelor of Police Services The Police University College in Tampere is the only institute in Finland educating police officers. The basic police degree is a Bachelor’s degree, and it takes three years to complete the studies. The applicant must b...

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...

Pelipoliisi (Gaming police) The project will produce a concept for preventing and combating crime in gaming communities and gaming platforms. The project will compile both research data as well as experiences and observations from international co...

History of police training The Finnish police training tradition goes back more than one hundred years. In 1918, a temporary police academy was established in the Helsinki Police Department. Its task was to train police officers for the whole coun...

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...

Police University College Digital Twin The innovation project will design and implement a digital twin of the Police University College area for the purposes of police training and simulations. The digital twin will enable the development of offic...

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 ...

19.2.2026 | What factors undermine citizens’ strong trust in the Finnish police? Why do Finns have such a high level of trust in the police? These themes are discussed in the second part of the publication “The Police and the Public”.

Enhancing Professional Skills and Raising Awareness on Domestic Violence, Violence against Women and Shelter Services (EPRAS) The project, coordinated by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL, develops and implements an electronic, web-...

Modeling of pre-trial investigation of human trafficking offenses (Ihmemalli) The underlying reason for human trafficking is the pursuit of financial profit. The Ihmemalli project produces a model for the pre-trial investigation of human trafficki...

Remote controlled unmanned aerial vehicle system development project (Drone in a box) The Police University College is investigating how a remote controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (drone-in-a-box) system could be utilized in operational police wo...

News archive Search... Select year All 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Search Clear 147 results The Cyber Capital project renewed cybercrime prevention education to meet today's requir...

We engage in applied research and development, serving the planning and development of policing and internal security. The data produced is also used for education at the Police University College.

Research, development and innovation activities (RDI) in brief We are Finland's only higher education institution specializing in police research. We engage in applied research and development, serving the planning and development of policing and ...

Event archive Northern Police Research Webinar Previous webinar programs Tackling Organised Crime in the Nordic countries webinar 30 January 2025 Welcome to discuss about the measures against organised crime in Nordic countries. In the research we...

Sustainability and responsibility The aim of sustainable development is to safeguard a good standard of living for future generations, too. Sustainable development is generally divided into three areas: ecological financial social and cultural We ...

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...