Tampere Police Station Explained

The Tampere Police Station (or the Tampere Central Police Station; Finnish: Tampereen poliisitalo, Swedish: Tammerfors polishus) is a police station located in the Ratina district in Tampere, Finland, and also the administrative center of the . The police station is also used by the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO).[1] There are about 400 police officers working there and about 50 others. The police station consists of two buildings located near the Tampere Bus Station along the Hatanpää Highway and Sorinkatu streets;[2] [3] [4] due to this, in Tampere colloquially, the police station and its surroundings are also known as Sori by locals.[5] [6]

The station is owned by Senate Properties.[7]

History

The oldest, three-storey building of the police building was designed by architect and was completed on the Hatanpää Highway in 1963. The five-storey part on Sorinkatu dates from 1993 and was designed by architect . The old and new sides of the police station are connected by gateways that run under and over Sorinkatu.[3] [8] [9]

In 1919–1963, before the completion of the current premises, the Tampere Police Station operated in the building of the former (Kaupunginhotelli) on the Kauppakatu street.[10] [11]

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  1. Web site: Suojelupoliisin yhteystiedot . supo.fi. November 20, 2021 . fi.
  2. Web site: Tampereen keskustan rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö 2012: Liite 1 – Arvokkaat rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt . Tampere. A-Insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy . City of Tampere . November 20, 2021 . fi.
  3. Web site: Pääsimme kurkistamaan Tampereen remontoidulle pääpoliisiasemalle – Tältä näyttää juoppoputkassa: "Väkivallan uhka paljon suurempi kuin poliisivankilassa" . Järvelä . Kaisa. . November 9, 2020 . November 20, 2021 . fi.
  4. Web site: Tampereen uusi poliisitalo saattaa nousta Nekalaan – alustavia keskusteluja kaupungin kanssa käyty . Mansikka . Heli. . March 16, 2018 . November 20, 2021 . fi.
  5. Web site: Tampereen keskustan rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö 2012 . Tampere. A-Insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy . City of Tampere. November 20, 2021 . fi.
  6. Book: Jari Niemelä. Tamperelaisen Tiedon Portaat: Tampereen asiat aasta yyhyn . 2008 . 152, 182 . Tampere . The Tampere Society (Tampere-Seura) . 978-952-5558-05-0 . fi.
  7. Web site: Tampereen poliisitalo käyttöikänsä päässä . Hemminki . Kari . Keskisuomalainen. April 27, 2018 . November 20, 2021 . fi.
  8. Web site: Asemakaavan asettaminen nähtäville, XVIII kaupunginosa-2:17, Sorinkatu 6–8, rautatiealueen muuttaminen kerrostalokortteliksi, kartta 8201 . Tampere. City of Tampere. November 20, 2021 . fi.
  9. Web site: Sisäasiainministeriön toimitalo ja Valtioneuvoston paviljonki: Rakennushistoriaselvitys ja arkkitehtuurianalyysi . Helasvuo . Olli . Svartström . Niina . Mustonen . Tapani . Helsinki. Arkkitehdit Mustonen Oy . . November 20, 2021 . fi.
  10. Web site: Terveisiä putkasta. Aamulehti. June 13, 1919. November 20, 2021 . fi.
  11. Book: Antti Liuttunen. Kadonneet kaunottaret: Tampereen rakennushistoriaa . 2018 . 249 . Tampere . Museums of Tampere . 978-951-609-935-7 . fi.

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