The police may request assistance in performing their duties from the Defence Forces or other agencies – for example when special equipment or competency is required . The operation itself remains under the command of the police . Military units ( brigades ) usually keep a company under readiness for assistance at all times ; the turn rotates among companies and requires them to forego regular leave . In practice , the Defence Forces have assisted in disposal of explosives , provided Pasi armored vehicles for operations against heavily armed suspects ( e.g. the Kauhajoki shooting ) , and conscript manpower for searching missing persons in terrain and in supporting the 2015 refugee crisis . Finnish military police and investigative command would assume a more extensive set of tasks in wartime
Kauhajoki shooting
Kauhajoki school shooting
Law enforcement in Finland