Page 22 - The police annual report 2016 annual report 2016

22 THE POLICE, ANNUAL REPORT 2016
The Finnish police hosted a high-level Nordic Police Conference in Helsinki on 15–16 November 2016.
TRAINING COOPERATION WITH CHINA, NORDIC COOPERATION REMAINS CLOSE
Police cooperation with China includes both bilateral and joint Nordic cooperation. In 2016, training cooperation with China was conducted with the support of the Police University College.
The Nordic police cooperation became more effective in 2016, when the police commis- sioners signed an updated cooperation pro- tocol in April 2016. The Nordic cooperation
is direct and productive, its work is based on the work of working groups under the strate- gic oversight of the police commissioners.
The police commissioners of the Nordic countries convened at their regular meeting in September 2016 in Norway, and their deputies in June 2016, also in Norway. In November 2016, Finland arranged a Nordic high-lev-
el police conference, with the topic of new threats and responding to them. The con- ference had almost 120 participants from the Nordic countries.
The cross-border joint patrolling project be- tween Finland and Sweden was advanced by means of a proposed legislative amendment. At the end of 2016, PTN (Nordic police and customs cooperation against drugs) produced a joint Nordic threat assessment that will be discussed in the spring of 2017 together with the SOCTA, produced by Europol, to determine the Nordic focus areas.
INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO CHANGES IN THE SECURITY SITUATION Several international cooperation forums have also reacted to the changes in the security sit- uation. Particular attention has been given to making information exchange more ef cient