Moscow Police

Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow Главное управление внутренних дел по городу Москве
Common name	Moscow Police
Abbreviation	GUVD Moscow
Sleeve patches of the Moscow Municipal Militia issued from 1990s-?
Logo of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow
Breastplate of the Moscow Municipal Militia Central District issued from 1990s-2011
Motto	служа закону, Служим народу serve the law, Serve the people
Agency overview
Formed	January 19, 1722
Preceding agency	Municipal Police
Employees	80,000 (2011)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Moscow in the oblast of Moscow, Russia
Size	1,091 km2 (421.2 sq mi)
Population	11,514,300
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction.
Governing body	MVD
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Petrovka 38, Tverskoy District
Police Officers	50,500 (2010)
acting Police Chief responsible	Oleg Baranov
Parent agency	MVD
Units	List Aviation Crime Scene MUR
Website
Official Site
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Main Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Moscow (Russian: Главное управление внутренних дел по городу Москве) or just Moscow Police (Russian: Московская полиция), established in 1722, is the largest municipal police force in Russia, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation in Moscow. The Moscow Police is one of the oldest police departments in Russia. Its headquarters are located at Petrovka 38 in Tverskoy District, Moscow.

The Moscow Police is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD); the police is also subordinate to the Moscow government. The main responsibilities are the detection of crime and protection of the public order.

The police is headed by the chief, who is appointed and removed from office by Presidential decree on the recommendation of the Minister of Internal Affairs. Before he suggests a nomination, the president consults the mayor of Moscow. The police is overseen by the MVD and the government of Moscow.

Currently, the acting police chief is Oleg Baranov, who was appointed September 23, 2016.

The first municipal police was established on January 19, 1722, during the reign of Peter I.

On October 28, 1917, by the direction of People's Commissars, was issued a decree On the workers as the new Soviet police. The workers' militia was renamed to the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies militia.

In 1946, a law was passed that transformed the Council of People's Commissars into the Council of Ministers, coinciding with the reorganization of the People's Committee of Internal Affairs into the Ministry of Interior, respectively, the city committee of the NKVD was reorganized into the Office of Internal Affairs.

In 1973, the Office of Internal Affairs of Moscow City was transformed into the Main Department of Internal Affairs (GUVD), and regional offices - in the Interior Department.

In 2011, the Militsiya became the Politsiya (Полиция) as the Russian police reform initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev began to improve the efficiency of Russia's police forces. In addition, he ordered the resignation of certain high-ranking police officers.