Upon mobilization, it would be wholly or partly incorporated into the Finnish Defence Forces and its strength increased with reservists who have served their conscription in the branch.

PTR (police, customs and border guard) co-operation is well-developed and allows the authorities to conduct each other's duties if necessary.

It can, for example, seize and arrest persons and conduct searches in apartments and cars pursuant to same legislation as the police, when investigating a crime.

The Border Guard is not supposed to be used for the keeping of public order under normal circumstances, but it has two readiness platoons that can be used to support the Police in exceptional situations in matters of crowd control and internal security (including incidents involving dangerous armed criminals).

For the execution of its military exercises, any officer with the minimum rank of Captain can close an area temporarily.

[13][14] In April 2022, the budget of the Dornier 228 MVX replacement program was increased to 163 million euros, along with other defence spending boosts in wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[15] The Challenger 650 Rapcon-X will feature a synthetic aperture radar, electro-optic and infrared camera systems, and other sensors.

North of Lake Ladoga the Frontier Guards were combined into six Detached Battalions (Erillinen pataljoona).

After the war marshal Mannerheim awarded all frontier guards the title "Border jäger" (Rajajääkäri).

Nearly every Border Guard District trains small number of conscripts for long range reconnaissance (Finnish: Sissi).

Employment in Border Guard is much sought for, especially in North and Eastern Finland, which suffer from chronic unemployment problems.