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Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Primorsky Krai
Управления МВД России по Приморскому краю
Primorsky Krai Police
AbbreviationУМВД по Приморскому краю
Mottoслужа закону, Служим народу
By serving the law, We serve the people
Agency overview
Formed8 April 1880
Jurisdictional structure
Size165,900 km2
Population1,900,000
Legal jurisdictionPrimorsky Krai
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersVladivostok
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Andrey Nikolayev, Chief
Parent agencyMinistry of Internal Affairs
Directorates
6
  • Administration
  • Airport
  • Field Operations
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Migration Service
  • Traffic Police
Facilities
Stations12
Airbases1
Patrol cars900+
Boats3
Planes3+
Dogs10+
Website
http://www.primuvd.ru/

The Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Primorsky Krai (Russian: Управления МВД России по Приморскому краю), commonly known as the Primorsky Krai Police, is the state police of Primorsky Krai, Russia.

The Primorsky Krai Police is a department of the Police of Russia of the Ministry of Internal Affairs responsible for civilian law enforcement in Primorsky Krai, serving an estimated population of 1.9 million, including the daytime-commuter population and the thousands of other tourists and visitors.

Andrey Nikolayev is the current Chief of Primorsky Krai Police which is headquartered in Vladivostok.

History

Imperial era

On April 8, 1880, the Vladivostok City Police Directorate (Владивостокское городское полицейское управление) was established. Prior to that, in the city since 1876 was operated a team of 12 policemen led by Chief of Police - Captain-Lieutenant Shestinsky. In 1891, the Municipal Police was Powered by the Gendarmes, and the Police department of Railway was born. In 1898, In Vladivostok created the Fortress Gendarme command. In 1907, was the first detective department was established as the Vladivostok Okhrana Department, the local authority for political investigation. In August 1909, the local Criminal Investigation Department was established and in 1910, as part of the Vladivostok City Police Department was established a Chinese police, for Chinese inmates.

Soviet era

In 1918, the Tsarist Police was dissolved and was instead that, was created the Office of Internal Affairs under NKVD, and the regional police was known as the local Militsiya. In November 1922, was created the Maritime provincial police, which were subordinate to the city, county and township offices. In 1931, In connection with the formation of Primorsky Krai Primorsky Regional Office was transformed into the boundary, with the subordination of his Ussuri management. In 1943, All municipal and district departments and offices were placed directly under the management of the boundary. In 1946, the local NKVD office was transformed into the Primorye regional administration of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. In August 1950, the police was reorganized, and was created three new departments: some police services, and the department against the theft of socialist property and speculation, and was created the Division of Criminal Investigation.

Post-1991

The regional Militsiya continued to work until the dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991, and beyond. In 2011, the Soviet-era term militsiya was officially dropped and replaced with police for all police services in Russia.

Organization