Directorate of the Ministry for Internal Affairs in

Sevastopol City Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Se ...

(Управление МВД России по городу Севастополю) or the Police of Sevastopol City (Полиция Севастополя, ''Politsiya Sevastopolya'') has been the main law-enforcement agency in the government of

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

since March 2014 after Russian forces seized Crimea and Sevastopol and unilaterally dissolved the local Ukrainian Militsiya of Sevastopol (, ). It is subordinate to the regional MVD and the governor of the City of Sevastopol.

Background

The main Department of Internal Affairs is the executive agency. It is part of the system of Internal Affairs of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) but is also subordinate to the Sevastopol government. The Directorate's main responsibilities are internal security, human rights and freedoms, the suppression and detection of crime, and protection of public order. The Sevastopol City Police Commissioner is the head of the Police Department. The Commissioner is the police administrator appointed by the Governor of Sevastopol, after approval by the Sevastopol Legislative Council, by recommendation of the President of Russia. Control over the activities of the police is carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Governor, the Government of Sevastopol and the Sevastopol City Council.

Structure

* State Service combating Economic Crimes * Department for Combating Illegal Drugs * Directorate of

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– Traffic Police * State Protection Service * Directorate for Combating Organized Crime * Investigative Department * Criminal Investigation Department * Research Forensic Center * Patrol Services

History

The People's Militia in Sevastopol first appeared in 1905. This was the beginning of new developments in the field of protection and law enforcement. Shortly after the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mom ...

in 1917, it was decided to create the Protection Commissariat in order to solve problems of control and law enforcement. Later, by order of the chief of the Provincial Police and by the Resolution of Sevastopol Revolutionary Committee, on 21 May 1919, the Commissariat for the Protection of Sevastopol was renamed the Office of Soviet Workers and Peasants' Militsiya, led by Commissioner Mikhail Ivanovich Kanuga. Structurally, the city of Sevastopol was divided into six districts, each headed by a district police chief. The Precinct Enlistment office was renamed the Office of the Head of the District. After the

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, the Sevastopol police force was sent to fight gang violence. By Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Crimean executive committee No. 094 from 1958, the municipal districts were divided to: Leninsky, Balaclava, and Nakhimovskiy and on 14 January 1976, the Gagarin District was formed. After the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine on 24 August 1991, the Ukrainian Militsiya began a new stage as the police force of a sovereign state. Ukraine inherited the police that existed in the

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. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine was also inherited from the police of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. Normative-legal acts that regulate their organization and activities required significant changes. The Sevastopol Militsiya was importantly affected by the subsequent restructuring of the Ukrainian police by legislation enacted in 1992. However, in March 2014, the Militsiya in Sevastopol was dissolved and replaced by the Russian

Politsiya The Police of Russia () is the national law-enforcement agency in Russia, operating under the Ministry of Internal Affairs from . It was established by decree from Peter the Great and in 2011, replacing the Militsiya, the former police service ...

due to the

annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv t ...

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