järjestyksenvalvoja
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]järjestyksen (“of order”) + valvoja (“supervisor”); lit. "supervisor of order"
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈjærjestyksenˌʋɑlʋojɑ/, [ˈjærje̞s̠ˌtyks̠e̞nˌʋɑ̝lʋo̞jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlʋojɑ
- Hyphenation(key): jär‧jes‧tyksen‧valvo‧ja
Noun
[edit]järjestyksenvalvoja
- (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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “järjestyksenvalvoja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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