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24 THE POLICE, ANNUAL REPORT 2016
PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
IN EARLY 2014, the PORA III administrative reform was carried out, its implemen- tation continuing in 2015 and 2016. After the objectives of PORA III were set, the security environment in Finland has undergone a radical change, described in the internal security report. In 2016, during the discussion of the internal security re- port, the Parliament approved the objectives of PORA III that have been achieved.
In 2016, new organisational changes were carried out in the police administration: the Finnish Security Intelligence Service was transferred under the governance of the Ministry of the Interior, the driving licence matters that were previously the purview of the police were transferred to the Finnish Transport Safety Agency Tra , and the ICT services for the various police operations were transferred from the ICT Agency HALTIK to the National Police Board. Additionally, 2016 saw the preparation of the transfer of matters concerning licences and permits for foreigners to the Finn- ish Immigration Service, the reorganisation of gambling administration duties, and the continuation of the reorganisation of the National Police Board.
PREPARATIONS WERE MADE FOR THE CONTRACTION OF PUBLIC FINANCES Preparations were made in 2016 for the downsizing required at the framework level by drawing up instructions in case of possible terminations and layoffs.
Additionally, the number of person-work years used in further training of police of cers, and other training for maintaining the competence of the police administra- tion, was frozen during the spring of 2016. This was as part of the change in the asylum seeker situation in Finland and the police administration resources it requires, and in order to minimise the resource cutbacks on operations.
SLIGHT DECREASE IN POLICE PERSONNEL
The economic trend in recent years has led to a reduction in the number of police person- nel. In 2016, the total number of personnel was 9,729 person-work years, decreasing from the previous year by 185 person-work years. Both the number of police of cers (a decrease of 121 person-work years) and other personnel (a decrease of 77 person-work years) decreased.
In 2016, the annually varying number of stu- dents was slightly higher than in the previous year (an increase of 14 person-work years). The number of unemployed police of cers remained low. There were 25 unemployed police at the end of the year.