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Finland Mobile Police
The Mobile Police (Liikkuva Poliisi--LP) was formed in
1930
to operate throughout the country to prevent smuggling, to
control highway traffic, and, above all, to be ready at a
moment's notice to assist local police forces in quelling
civil
disturbances. With a complement of 724, as of 1988, the LP
had a
department in each province and command units in larger
communities. Its main functions, in addition to its
responsibility for traffic regulation and vehicle
inspection,
were to prevent the illegal importation and the
manufacture of
alcohol and drugs, to enforce hunting and fishing
regulations,
and to assist other police units in investigations and in
apprehension of fugitives. The LP also provided security
for the
nation's president, passport control at the Soviet border,
and
security at the Helsinki international airport.
Data as of December 1988
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