Czech Police

Police of the Czech Republic Policie České republiky
Abbreviation	PČR
Patch of the Police of the Czech Republic
Motto	Pomáhat a chránit  (Czech) "To Help and to Protect"
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Preceding agency	Public Security (Czechoslovakia)
Employees	40,500
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Map of Police of the Czech Republic's jurisdiction.
Governing body	Ministry of the Interior (Czech Republic)
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Presidium of Police, Prague
Agency executive	Tomáš Tuhý, President of the Police
Website
http://www.policie.cz/

Police of the Czech Republic (Czech: Policie České republiky) is the national police service which operates within Czech Republic. It was established in 1991. Their mission is protect citizens, property and public order. Police of the Czech Republic has now about 40,500 officers.

The Police of the Czech Republic took over land management after the communist SNB in the Czech Republic with the exception of military police (provosts) who are part of the army. Members were recruited from the former communist SNB (National Security Corps), after passing a vetting "democratic" commission established after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 to eliminate from the police force communist ideologues and agents of the secret police. A similar procedure was also undertaken in the then-Slovak Republic. Some police officers were employed by a small federal police force, whose mandate expired on 31 December 1992.

The Police of the Czech Republic has general jurisdiction in the investigation of misdemeanors and crimes. Its proceedings are overseen by an independent prosecutor, who can bring charges in criminal matters. It does not have jurisdiction in fields falling within the competence of other specialized bodies, such as the Customs service, military police, judicial guard or the Secret service. PČR is the main investigative body of the Ministry of the Interior. It should not be confused with the municipal police, which may be established by a municipality and which supervises public order and road safety; municipal police also have jurisdiction only over misdemeanours, and in criminal investigations may serve only in a supportive role for the state police.

The Police of the Czech Republic is responsible for search and rescue operations and on this behalf cooperates with Mountain Rescue Service of the Czech Republic that is highly professional rescue agency.

Some crimes (such as terrorism) are being solved in co-operation with intelligence agencies such as BIS or ÚZSI.