Mon, 30 May, 2016 12:02:19 AM FTimes – STT Report, May 30  File Photo Lehtikuva. Finland and Sweden have taken a plan to set up joint police patrols from next year.
According to the plan, there would be one police from Sweden and one from Finland in the same patrol car.
The patrols would also be able to move unrestricted across the borders of the two countries.
“If all goes well, the legislative amendment would be enforced in both countries next January. Afterwards, the joint patrols may begin,” said Police Superintendent Kjell Nylund of the Police University College.
The Finnish and the Swedish police are initiating cooperation at Tornionjokilaakso, where a total of 150 Finnish and Swedish police officers are involved in joint training.
“Crooks pass across the border,” remarked Nylund, adding that the police from both sides are aiming to quickly follow the tracks of future offenders.
“It is possible to use better the available resources,” said Nylund.
One barrier to the training has been language. The Finnish legislation is accommodated in Swedish; however, the Swedish legislation has to be translated in Finnish.
In addition, the Finnish police officers speaking Finnish have had to learn Swedish and vice versa.
Tornionlaakso natives speak Meänkieli as a second language.
There has been also a difference in legislation in terms of teaching. The difference has been in, for example, the application of penalties as well as the norms in technical and tactical police investigations.
The joint police in-service training supported by the European Union began in 2014 and will come to a close this summer.
In the future, there are plans to introduce a special optional course on joint patrols.
The joint project by the two countries is the only one in Europe, revealed Nylund. The Danish and Swedish police have special powers along Øresund strait but no joint training.
Estonia and Latvia are also planning police collaboration, and for these countries Tornionjokilaakso has generated interest.
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