Voluntary People's Druzhina

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Voluntary People's Druzhina
AbbreviationVPD (ДНД)
Formation
  • founded 1955
  • dissolution 1991
TypeVoluntary security public order
Location
Official language
Russian
Affiliations
RemarksColor : Red
Voluntary youth Druzhina.
Project of the youth movement of NASHI.
(Russia, city Surgut) September 5, 2009

Voluntary People's Druzhina (

Neighborhood Watch
.

The program has been restarted in Russia.

History

People's Druzhinas in support of law enforcement were introduced in Russian Empire in 1913.

After the

Russian Revolution of 1917 there were various forms of non-governmental workers and peasants' organizations, which were disbanded by the early 1930s. Instead the Voluntary Society for Support of Militsiya (ОСОДМИЛ) was created. In 1932 it was subordinated to militsiya and renamed to "Militsiya Support Brigades". (БРИГАДМИЛ).[1]

Soviet Union

The system of VPDs was introduced according to the joint resolution of the

trade unions, Komsomol
, etc.

The patrolling druzhinas themselves were often accompanied by police officers (militsioners), for general guidance and official support. Although druzhinas were informal, they could perform

hooligans, etc. They were also used to support militsiya in performing non-dangerous arrests and other law enforcement duties.[2]

The 1974

USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium Ukase "About the Main Duties and Rights of Voluntary People's Drushina in Guarding the Public Order" governed the druzhinas until the dissolution of the Soviet Union
.

Druzhinas mostly operated in urban neighborhoods. Druzhinniks were distinguished by red armbands with the text "ДНД" or "дружинник" on them.

Russia

Attempts to reestablish public law enforcement organizations in Russia started as early as in 1992.[citation needed]

From 2008 to 2011 in Russia, on the initiative of the youth movement of NASHI, there were detachments called voluntary youth Druzhina (Russian: Добровольная Молодёжная Дружина, ДМД), but the project was shut down in July 2011.[citation needed]

As of the beginning of 2009, more than 34,000 public law enforcement formations were active in Russia, in which more than 363,000 people were members. At the same time, about 40,000 crimes were disclosed annually and over 400,000 administrative offenses were revealed.[3]

The modern day Moscow City Police and Saint Petersburg City/Leningrad Oblast Police continue to maintain Druzhinnik forces of their own.[citation needed]

Beginning in April 2014 Druzhina forces were reorganised in every Russian region under the regional and city police forces.[citation needed]

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Druzhina (patrol).
  1. ^ (in Russian) History of People's Druzhinas, which counted over 400,000 personnel.
  2. Soviet Studies
    , Vol. 11, No. 2 (October , 1959), pp. 214-217
  3. ^ Михаил Фалалеев. Милиция призывает граждан к охране общественного порядка «Российская газета» — Федеральный выпуск № 4864 от 11.03.2009
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