Saint Petersburg Police

Main Department of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad oblast ГУВД СПб и ЛО Полиция Санкт-Петербурга
Common name	Petersburg Police
Abbreviation	GU MVD SPb
Official logo
Motto	Служа закону, Служим народу by serving the law, We serve the people
Agency overview
Formed	June 7, 1718
Preceding agency	Municipal Police
Employees	9,000
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Saint Petersburg in the oblast of Leningrad, Russia
Districts of St. Petersburg: 1. Admiralteysky 2. Vasileostrovsky 3. Vyborgsky 4. Kalininsky 5. Kirovsky 6. Kolpinsky 7. Krasnogvardeysky 8. Krasnoselsky 9. Kronshtadtsky 10. Kurortny 11. Moskovsky 12. Nevsky 13. Petrogradsky 14. Petrodvortsovy 15. Primorsky 16. Pushkinsky 17. Frunzensky 18. Tsentralny
Size	85,939 km2
Population	4,848,700
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction.
Primary governing body	MVD
Secondary governing body	Government of Saint Petersburg
Constituting instrument	No
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overviewed by	Government of Saint Petersburg
Headquarters	191015, Saint Petersburg, Suvorov Prospect, 50/52
Police officers	9,000 (2015)
Head of Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg responsible	Sergey Umnov, Head of Saint Petersburg Police
Agency executive	Georgy Poltavshenko, Saint-Patersburg Governor
Parent agency	MVD
Units	List Aviation Diractorate 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
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Districts of St. Petersburg: 1. Admiralteysky 2. Vasileostrovsky 3. Vyborgsky 4. Kalininsky 5. Kirovsky 6. Kolpinsky 7. Krasnogvardeysky 8. Krasnoselsky 9. Kronshtadtsky 10. Kurortny 11. Moskovsky 12. Nevsky 13. Petrogradsky 14. Petrodvortsovy 15. Primorsky 16. Pushkinsky 17. Frunzensky

The Saint Petersburg Police (полиция Санкт-Петербурга) is known officially as the Main Administration for Internal Affairs of the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast (in Russian: Главное управление внутренних дел Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области). It is one of the oldest police services in Russia and is considered one of the best police departments in the country outside Moscow. Sergey Umnov is the current police chief since February 10, 2012.

The Main Department of Internal Affairs is the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast is the executive agency, part of the system of Internal Affairs of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police public safety is also subordinate to the Saint Petersburg Government and Leningrad Oblast Government.