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The police celebrated its 200th anniversary with the theme "Security and safety through all times". At the main gala of the anniversary year in Turku, the President of the Republic, Sauli Niinistö, also presented his greeting to the police.
In addition to the visits to the police units, the focus areas of the 2016 internal audit involved preparation, register administration, payroll administration and performance management.
Internal audit acts in close cooperation with the Legality Control unit of the National Police Board, and the internal audit of the Ministry of the Interior and the National Audit Of ce.
RISK MANAGEMENT IS A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF MANAGING THE RISKS OF THE POLICE AS A WHOLE
The objective of risk management of the police is to minimise and manage risk factors that threaten the operations, operational capabili- ties and strategic objectives of the police. Risk management ensures the availability of suf - cient information on the risks, threatening the existence and operations of the organisation, to the leadership, planning and decision-mak- ing processes of the police.
One key purpose of risk management is to en- able all police units to reach their operational objectives by ensuring they have appropriate methods in place and have suf cient compe- tence to identify risks and understand their effect on core police operations.
The risk management process of the police covers all organisational levels of the police and is carried out regularly under the guidance of the National Police Board. Risk manage- ment is included in the cooperation between the police and its collaboration partners.
Risk management methods help build a com- prehensive view of the risk landscape of the police, and allow the implementation of pur- poseful management methods in accordance with the objectives set for risk management.
The deployment of the risk management methods and processes in police units con- tinued during 2016 in accordance with the steering of the National Police Board. Risk management was also extended to apply closely to the operations and processes of the police's partners.
THE POLICE'S 200TH
ANNIVERSARY WAS VISIBLE IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS
The strategic goal of police communications has been to maintain and increase the visi- bility of the Police, provide an opportunity for interaction, and thereby prevent accidents and crimes in advance and support solving them.
Five development areas and twelve action plans for the years 2015–2018 have been de ned in the communications strategy.
The theme of the police's 200th anniversary, "Security and safety through all times", was visible during the anniversary year in the dif- ferent communications channels. In Novem- ber, a national gala and concert was arranged in Turku. The celebration also included several side events such as a seminar and a pop up police station at a shopping centre.
Over the year, the Poliisi. website received around ten million visitors. The assess-
ments given by the users of the service have improved from previous years (Online brand survey 2016). The website is considered to
be clear, functional and reliable, and to make the public's everyday life easier. The website received particular praise for providing a handy and quicker than before way of renewing one's passport. Some responses to the survey complained about slowness and information being dif cult to nd.
Over the year, 60 episodes of documentary TV shows were produced and broadcast, includ- ing 'Poliisit' (The Police) and 'Poliisit kotihäly-
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