Special Tasks Patrol Police (Ukraine)
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Special Tasks Patrol Police Патрульної служба поліції особливого призначення |
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Logo of the Special Tasks Patrol Police
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| Formed | 2014 | ||||
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||
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| Governing body | Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine) | ||||
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| Agency executive | Arsen Avakov | ||||
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| Anniversary | 15 April |
The Special Tasks Patrol Police of Ukraine is the volunteer corps law enforcement units, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was originally created for prevention of criminal encroachment and defence of civil order on 15 April 2014, following Russian invasion to Ukraine.
During the ongoing war in the Donbas region of Ukraine, the forces of the newly created Special Tasks Patrol Police have fought against pro-Russian separatists.
In April 2014, acting Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov issued an order to create special police battalions. It was formed 56 units of Special Tasks Patrol Militsiya. Those were companies and battalions of special tasks militsiya patrol service (Ukrainian: Батальйон Патрульної Служби Міліції Особливого Призначення [Abbr: Ukrainian: БПСМОП]). After 2015 «About National Police» laws Special Tasks Patrol Militsiya became Special Tasks Patrol Police.
As of 2016, there are regiments of Special Tasks Patrol Police, such as Dnipro-1.
In addition, MIA issued an order to form two police battalions in Donetsk oblast ("Donetsk-1" police battalion and "Donetsk-2" police battalion) but they were never formed.
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