järjestyksenvalvoja

Finnish

Etymology

järjestyksen (“of order”) +‎ valvoja (“supervisor”); lit. "supervisor of order"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjærjestyksenˌʋɑlʋojɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋojɑ
• Syllabification^(key): jär‧jes‧tyk‧sen‧val‧vo‧ja

Noun

järjestyksenvalvoja

1. (law) an individual to whom certain police rights have been granted for a specific location and a limited time; security steward, bouncer, peace officer, proctor, community service officer

Usage notes

• In Finland, a järjestyksenvalvoja is an individual who has several rights otherwise granted only to police officers: deny and grant access to a place, perform body checks and searches on belongings, use force to remove a violently behaving person from a place, detain a person to hand over to police for arrest. A järjestyksenvalvoja can grant or deny entry to a privately-owned establishment (nightclub, festival etc.), and in that situation perform body checks and search belongings for illegal or prohibited items, like a bouncer. He or she can also control vehicular or human traffic in order to prevent crushes, in which case the term community service officer may be more appropriate.

Declension

Further reading

• “järjestyksenvalvoja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02