Saint Petersburg Police

Police Commissioner
of the City of Saint Petersburg
Police Commissioner; of the City of Saint Petersburg
	Incumbent; Roman Plugin; since February 2019
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 of Chief of Police
Website	Management

Main Department of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
ГУВД СПб и ЛО
Полиция Санкт-Петербурга
Main Department of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast; ГУВД СПб и ЛО; Полиция Санкт-Петербурга
	Government of Saint Petersburg, Government of Leningrad Oblast
Headquarters	191015, Saint Petersburg, Suvorov Prospekt, 50/52
Police officers	9,000 sworn officers (2015)
Agency executive responsible	Roman Plugin, Commissioner of Saint Petersburg Police;
Parent agency	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Units	List Aviation Directorate; Crime Scene Unit; High-Crimes office; Central Investigation Department; Management of private security; Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption; Administration for the protection of public order and interaction with the executive authorities; Press service and information center; Mounted Police; Cultural center; Tourism Police; Directorate of accidents registration; Office of the State Inspection of Road Safety; Professional training center; Migratory Police; Pension Service Center; Drugs Enforcement Department;
District Police Departments	List Boksitogorsky ; Volosovsky ; Volkhov ; Vsevolozhsk ; Vyborg ; Gatchina ; Kirishsk ; Kirov ; Kingisepp ; Lodeinopol ; Lomonosov ; Luga ; Podporozhsky ; Priozersky ; Slantsy ; Sosnovy Bor; Tikhvin ; Tosnensky ;
Facilities
Commands	19
Notables
Anniversary	November 10;
Award	Lenin Order;
Website
	78.mvd.ru

The Saint Petersburg Police (

public order

.

It is one of the oldest police services in Russia and the world, established on June 7, 1718, by

Soviet era, from 1924 the service was known as the Leningrad Militsiya (Russian: милицию Ленинграда) until 1991, when it was changed to Saint Petersburg Militsiya (Russian: милицию Санкт-Петербурга). The service adopted its current name in 2011 following reform in law enforcement agencies across Russia replacing the term "militsiya

" with "police".

The Saint Petersburg Police belongs to the

Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly on the recommendation of the President of Russia

. The current Commissioner of Saint Petersburg Police since February 11, 2012, is Lieutenant-General Sergey Umnov.

History

Tsarist era

The Saint Petersburg Police was established by Tsar Peter the Great on June 7, 1718, as the main municipal police force in Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire which had been founded by Peter only fifteen years earlier. Anton de Vieira, a batman of Peter and mayor of Saint Petersburg at the time, was appointed as the first "Oberpolitzmeister" (a German, not Russian word: Senior Police Master), the title for the commander of the city police service. The department survived intact until 1917 during the February Revolution, when most of the Saint Petersburg Police remained loyal to the Imperial government. A number of policemen were killed after the defection of the bulk of the city's army garrison to the revolution, especially when a rumour spread that the police were firing with machine guns from the roofs of buildings.

Soviet and post-Soviet periods

Shortly after the overthrow of the Imperial government the department was formally disbanded. Following the

Soviet police force was established under the title of militsiya, which replaced the functions of the Saint Petersburg Police. In 1924, following the renaming of Saint Petersburg to Leningrad in honor of Vladimir Lenin, the city police were known as the Leningrad Militsiya (Russian: милицию Ленинграда. This name continued until 1991, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when it was changed to Saint Petersburg Militsiya (милицию Санкт-Петербурга) after the name of the city was reverted. The service adopted its current name on March 1, 2011, as part of wider law enforcement legislative reform backed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

, which abandoned usage of the term "militsiya" in favor of the re-adoption of "politsiya" (police) in law enforcement agencies across Russia.

Organization and structure

Organization

Tourism Police (The St. Petersburg Tourist Police; туристическая полиция) was established in 2011 as a single law enforcement agency for crimes committed against tourists and is responsible for providing assistance to visitors to the city. The Tourist Police was given responsibility for undertaking these roles by the regional branch of the Russian Tourism Ministry.
The River Police of St. Petersburg – The River Police of St. Petersburg (Речная полиция Санкт-Петербурга) was a unique law enforcement body that was responsible for supervision over the waters of the rivers in Saint Petersburg and the body was subordinate to the city police commissioner. The River Police force was established in 1866.
Central Investigation Department (The Detective Police of St. Petersburg; Сыскная полиция Санкт-Петербурга) was established in 1714 and was the first of its kind in Russia. In 1880, the detective police was replaced with the Capital Department of the Okhrana. Since 1918, the function of investigating crime in the city has been performed by the Main Criminal Investigations Directorate.
Aviation Directorate
Crime Scene Unit
High-Crimes office
Management of private security
Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption
Mounted Police
OMON – Special Response Unit
Directorate of accidents registration
Office of the State Inspection of Road Safety (Traffic Police)
Administration for the protection of public order and interaction with the executive authorities
Press service and information center
Cultural center
Pension Service Center
Professional training center
Federal Migratory Police (Official Website)
Main Directorate for Drugs Control

District Police Departments