Helsinki: Police wish to attract more immigrant officers

Helsinki: Police wish to attract more immigrant officers

Via YLE:
Efforts are underway in Helsinki to attract more people of immigrant background into the ranks of police and firemen. Only a handful of non-ethnic Finns currently serve in Finnish law enforcement.

A three-month course is being held in Helsinki to encourage immigrants to apply to training programmes for police, firemen and security guards.

Few Finns of immigrant background seek careers in law enforcement, despite efforts to attract multicultural recruits, says Somali-born Said Aden who is coordinating the project.

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