Helsinki Police Symphonic Band

The Helsinki Police Symphonic Band (previously Helsinki Police Band; Finnish: Helsingin poliisisoittokunta) is a 43-member professional wind orchestra, located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The band is a pr-unit of the Helsinki Police Department, which is a local agency of the Police of Finland.

The band plays a very important part in the police department's public relations with citizens, with the band commonly representing the police department at many different national and international events. The orchestra is widely known for its versatile repertoire, including symphonic wind band music, as well as folk music, jazz, pop, and music for children.

The orchestra plays regular concerts all around the country and performs at various occasions organized by the police. The band performs with Finland's best artists from various genres. The band has also performed e.g. in Germany, Poland, Estonia, Russia and France.

The band also works nationwide with educating concerts for kids and the youth. In addition to music, school bullying, behaviour in traffic, drugs, sexual sovereignty and social media are discussed.

Today, many of the musicians spend half of their working hours in various duties in the police department's traffic police.