The decision by the new coalition of the Reform Party, Isamaa and the Social Democrats to revoke the weapons permits and seize weapons of Russian and Belarusian citizens in Estonia requires the PPA to double the number of arms control officers. Some people may be reluctant to surrender their firearms.
Over the past few weeks, police in Estonia have caught around a dozen electric scooters operating traffic in Tallinn whose electronic speed limiters had been removed. The drivers of the modified scooters are now facing penalties for operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license.
Builders Merko Ehitus Eesti and GRK Infra ceremonially handed over a 23.5-kilometer section of Estonia's new eastern border infrastructure to the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) on Thursday an entire year ahead of schedule.
The war in Ukraine has very rightly brought more focus on the problems of internal security, and we must move forward on solutions to these with vigor, writes former interior minister Kristian Jaani.