Saint Petersburg Police

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Main Department of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast ГУВД СПб и ЛО Полиция Санкт-Петербурга
Official logo of Saint Petersburg Police
Common name	Saint Petersburg Police
Abbreviation	GU MVD SPb
Motto	Служа закону, Служим народу By serving the law, We serve the people
Agency overview
Formed	June 7, 1718; 306 years ago (1718)
Employees	9,000~
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Size	85,939 square kilometres (33,181 sq mi)
Population	4,848,700
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by	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 (Russian: полиция Санкт-Петербурга), officially the Main Administration for Internal Affairs of the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast (Главное управление внутренних дел Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области) is the state police force of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The stated main responsibilities of the service are the internal security, protection of human rights and freedoms, suppression and detection of crime, and protection of public order.

It is one of the oldest police services in Russia and the world, established on June 7, 1718, by Peter the Great as the municipal police for the city of Saint Petersburg. During the Soviet era, from 1924 the service was known as the Leningrad Militsiya (Russian: милиция Ленинграда) until 1991, when it was changed to Saint Petersburg Militsiya (Russian: милиция 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 Ministry of Internal Affairs, an agency of the Government of Russia but is primarily subordinate to the state governments of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, respectively. The service is headed by a commissioner appointed by the Governor of Saint Petersburg and is then confirmed by 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.