Police of Finland
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Police of Finland Poliisi Polisen |
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Emblem of the Police of Finland
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| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Headquarters | Helsinki |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
The Police of Finland (Finnish: Poliisi, Swedish: Polisen) is a government agency responsible for general police and law enforcement matters in Finland. The Police of Finland is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and consists of the National Police Board (Finnish: Poliisihallitus, Swedish: Polisstyrelsen), two national police units and 11 local police departments.
On October 1, 2003, the Public Order Act went into effect, standardizing public ordinances throughout the country.
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 police is divided into police departments, which encompass the area of multiple municipalities; municipalities do not have police forces of their own. The function of each police department is to maintain general law and order, prevent crime, investigate crime and other events that threaten public order and safety, to carry out traffic control and surveillance and promote traffic safety, and perform all other duties prescribed by law or otherwise assigned to the police in their area. Local police departments are organized into uniformed patrol police (Finnish: järjestyspoliisi, literally "order police") and criminal investigation police (Finnish: rikospoliisi, literally "criminal police").
Local police also processes licenses and permits such as gun licenses, national ID cards and passports, and furthermore, enforces immigration decisions by the Finnish Immigration Service. Local police must also be notified when organizing public events that may significantly influence local public security and traffic. Driving licenses have been issued by the local police, but from 2016, driving licenses will be issud by Trafi (Finnish Transport Safety Agency).
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