Saint Petersburg Police

Main Department of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg
ГУВД СПб и ЛО – Полиция Санкт-Петербурга
Common name Petersburg Police
Abbreviation GU MVD SPb

Saint Petersburg's Traffic police patch

Official logo
Motto служа закону, Служим народу
by serving the law, We serve the people
Agency overview
Formed June 7, 1718
Preceding agency Municipal Police
Employees 9,000
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of Saint Petersburg in the oblast of Leningrad, Russia

Districts of St. Petersburg: 1. Admiralteysky 2. Vasileostrovsky 3. Vyborgsky 4. Kalininsky 5. Kirovsky 6. Kolpinsky 7. Krasnogvardeysky 8. Krasnoselsky 9. Kronshtadtsky 10. Kurortny 11. Moskovsky 12. Nevsky 13. Petrogradsky 14. Petrodvortsovy 15. Primorsky 16. Pushkinsky 17. Frunzensky

18. Tsentralny
Size 85,939 km2
Population 4,848,700
Legal jurisdiction As per operations jurisdiction.
Primary governing body MVD
Secondary governing body Government of Saint Petersburg
Constituting instrument No
General nature
Operational structure
Overviewed by Government of Saint Petersburg
Headquarters 191015, Saint Petersburg, Suvorov Prospect, 50/52
Police officers 9,000 (2015)
Head of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg responsible Sergey Umnov, Head of Saint Petersburg Police
Agency executive Georgy Poltavshenko, Saint-Patersburg Governor
Parent agency MVD
Child agency Federal Migratory Service of Saint Petersburg
Units
District Police Departmentss
Facilities
Commands 19
Website
78.mvd.ru
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Saint Petersburg Police (полиция Санкт-Петербурга) is known officially as the Main Administration for Internal Affairs of the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast (in Russian: Главное управление внутренних дел Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области). It is one of the oldest police services in Russia and is considered one of the best police departments in the country outside Moscow. Sergey Umnov is the current police chief since February 10, 2012.

The Main Department of Internal Affairs is the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast is the executive agency, part of the system of Internal Affairs of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police public safety is also subordinate to the Saint Petersburg Government and Leningrad Oblast Government.

The main responsibilities are the internal security, human rights and freedoms, suppression and detection of crime, and protection of public order. The Saint Petersburg City Police Commissioner is the head of the Saint Petersburg City Police Department, appointed by the governor of Saint Petersburg. The Commissioner is a policeman administrator appointed by the Governor of Saint Petersburg, after the approvement of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, by recommendation of the president of Russia. The Control over the activities of the police are carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Governor, the Government of Saint Petersburg and the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly.

The police force was established in 1718, And it is considered as the oldest municipal police force in Russia. Currently police chief is Valery Krasilnikov (Since 2010).

History

The Saint Petersburg Police was established by Peter the Great in June 7, 1718 as the main police force in Saint Petersburg. Anton de Vieira was appointed as the first General "Polizmeister" – the city police commander. The Saint Petersburg Police was considered the best police department in Imperial Russia until 1918.

In 1918 was replaced by soviet police force which was called Militsiya until the police reform in March 2011, when the police has been called again as Politsiya

Organization and structure

Organization

Saint Petersburg Police car. Parking near to Saint Isaac's Cathedral.
Saint Petersburg Police car, April 2011

District Police Departments

Districts of St. Petersburg: 1. Admiralteysky 2. Vasileostrovsky 3. Vyborgsky 4. Kalininsky 5. Kirovsky 6. Kolpinsky 7. Krasnogvardeysky 8. Krasnoselsky 9. Kronshtadtsky 10. Kurortny 11. Moskovsky 12. Nevsky 13. Petrogradsky 14. Petrodvortsovy 15. Primorsky 16. Pushkinsky 17. Frunzensky 18. Tsentralny
  1. Admiralteysky
  2. Vasileostrovsky
  3. Vyborgsky
  4. Kalininsky
  5. Kirovsky
  6. Kolpinsky
  7. Krasnogvardeysky
  8. Krasnoselsky
  9. Kronshtadtsky
  10. Kurortny
  11. Moskovsky
  12. Nevsky
  13. Petrogradsky
  14. Petrodvortsovy
  15. Primorsky
  16. Pushkinsky
  17. Frunzensky
  18. Tsentralny

Police Commissioners

Police Commissioner
of the City of Saint Petersburg
Incumbent
Sergey Umnov
since February 11, 2012
Style The Honorable
Appointer Governor of Saint Petersburg
Term length Five years
Renewable at Governor's pleasure
Constituting instrument Saint Petersburg Charter
Inaugural holder Anton de Vieira (as Chief of St Petersburg Police)
Formation 1718
Deputy Deputy, Chief of Police
Website Management

The Saint Petersburg City Police Commissioner (Officially Head of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg) is the head of the Saint Petersburg City Police. The Commissioner is appointed by the Governor of Saint Petersburg, and serves at the Governor's pleasure. The Commissioner is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the department as well as the appointment of deputies and subordinate officers. The Commissioner is a policeman administrator appointed by the Governor of Saint Petersburg, after the approvement of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, by recommendation of the President of Russia. There is a separate position of Chief of Police, the holder of which serves as the Deputy to the Head of Internal Affairs.

The current Commissioner is Sergey Umnov, who was appointed by Governor Georgy Poltavchenko and took office on February 11, 2012. The longest serving Commissioner is Aleksander Sokolov who served for 10 years (1962–1972), under Mayors Vasily Isayev and Aleksandr Sizov.

Oberpolitzmeister of St. Petersburg

The Leningrad Militsiya commander

Head of Main Interior affairs Dept. of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region

In popular culture

In TV Series called Petersburg Gangsters (Бандитский Петербург), the plot tells the story of the criminal war between local criminals and the involvement of local police.

The TV Series Liteiniy, 4 (Литейный, 4) about a special police force in Saint Petersburg located in Liteyny Avenue has gained a huge popularity among audiences.

The TV Series Deadly Force (Убойная сила) starring Konstantin Khabensky is one of the most popular TV series about Saint Petersburg Police, which was screened on Channel One since 2000 til 2005, for 6 seasons and 57 episodes. Alongside this series, was another TV Show about local police called Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей) which was aired for 15 seasons and 433 episodes, from 1998 til 2014.

Another popular show about Petersburg Police was "Opera. Homicide's Chronicles" (Опера. Хроники убойного отдела) which aired first on Russia-1 on November 2004.

See also

– Politsiya

References

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