Volkian Federal Police
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| Volkian Federal Police | |
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 Volkian Federal Police badge | |
 Flag of the Volkian Federal Police | |
| Common name | Federals |
| Abbreviation | VFP |
| Motto | "Protecting our Communities" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | June 26, 1930 |
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| Employees | 54,023 (August 2020) |
| Annual budget | $5.86 billion (2021) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | Volkia |
| Operations jurisdiction | Volkia |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Oleg Ishutin Federal Building, Volkgoroda, Volkia |
| Sworn members | 42,768 (Aug 2020) |
| Civilians | 11,256 (Aug 2020) |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Website | |
| https://www.vfp.vol | |
The Volkian Federal Police (VFP) (Volkian: Волкскийская федеральная полиция (ВФП), tr. Volkskiyskaya federal'naya politsiya) is the national and principal law enforcement agency of the Volkian Federal Government, being subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As of February 2019 the commissioner of the Volkian Federal Police is Fyodor Kondakov, the former Chief of the Volkgoroda Metropolitan Police Department.
The VFP has a wide variety of duties. The agency is primarily responsible for preventing, investigating, and disrupting international, serious, complex, and organized crime including terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, drug smuggling, and sapient being trafficking. It is also responsible for railroad and aviation security, and protection of certain federal institutions. It also has the capacity to provide various specialty units to local and provincial law enforcement within Volkia. While the agency has nationwide jurisdiction, it does not currently provide community policing to any jurisdiction.
The VFP is a member of the National Security Community and works closely with the Volkian Security and Intelligence Agency, the Federal Criminal Investigations Office, and the Volkian Border Services.
History
The idea of a federal police force has its origins in the aftermath of the Volkian Civil War, which ended in 1926. President Stefan Gurkovsky had attempted to have the National Security Act of 1925 renewed for a third time to continue targeting monarchist aligned groups, but this was defeated in the National Assembly over renewed concerns of using the military for what many in Volkian politics now saw as a policing issue.
In response, Gurkovsky floated the idea of a paramilitary force that could be used to respond to internal threats in order to bypass the need to deploy the Defense Forces. The National Assembly remained skeptical, but thought the idea of a national police force had some merit. By now, most of Volkia's provinces and municipalities had organized their own police forces in order to perform community policing and investigate crimes. There were several agencies responsible for policing duties at the federal level, including the Federal Protection Service (FPS) and the Federal Transport Police (FTP). Federal investigations were usually handled by the various investigative units within the country's ministries.
The Volkian Federal Police Act of 1930 successfully passed in the National Assembly and was signed into law by Gurkovsky; the act combined the FPS and the FPT into a single agency and also provided more extensive policing roles to the newly founded federal police force. The VFP began providing community policing to four of Volkia's northernmost provinces and its northernmost territory, close protection to high ranking federal officials, and as transit police in the nation's major railway stations and at ports. The federal police force proved popular with Volkian citizens and other law enforcement agencies in Volkia and its responsibilities grew.
By 1950 the agency had absorbed the Volkian Aerodrome Police and the National Assembly Police Force. The agency was was tasked with providing protection to airports, federal buildings, and federal witnesses. The VFP's Community Policing Division (CPD) ceased operations in 1968 following the creation of the Kurilsk Territorial Police, who took over responsibility to police Kurilsk Territory. The VFP added an elite tactical team, the Special Intervention Unit, intended for hostage rescue and counterterrorism in 1978.
During the administration of Matvei Lukyanov, the Skopa Special Police Unit (Skopa) was formed by presidential decree which took over certain duties from the VFP in what analysts at the time called a "significant declawing of fair policing." Skopa units quickly began gaining notoriety for their use of illegal activities against Volkian citizens including racketeering, terrorism, physical violence, torture, and voter intimidation. A notable incident between Skopa and the VFP officers took place in Korkino on July 13, 1970, where three on-duty VFP officers opened fire on Skopa agents who were beating an elderly citizen for wearing a campaign button of an anti-Lukyanov politician in the 1970 elections. The incident sparked riots in Korkino and was a catalyst in the removal of Lukyanov from the presidency.
Mikhail Yurevich succeeded Lukyanov as president following Lukyanov's impeachment in 1971, and signed into law the Reforming Volkian Federal Law Enforcement Act, which disbanded Skopa units nationwide and returned all roles to the VFP. The agency's roles expanded to now include combatting public corruption, drug smuggling, money laundering, and sapient being trafficking. An investigation into Lukyanov and other high level members of his administration, including those still in their roles after his removal, had begun in secret on the orders of the newly created Federal Criminal Investigations Office (FCIO).
The VFP took its first steps in combating public corruption after Yurevich was succeeded by Social Democratic president Alexander Polivanov. Following the announcement of criminal charges against nearly 250 individuals, the VFP assisted the FCIO and arrested many former Skopa members, high ranking members of Lukyanov's administration, and Lukyanov himself.
The agency continues to fight public corruption across Volkia, and has arrested public officials ranging from mayors to federal councilors. The VFP would go on to expand its powers and absorb several other agencies, expanding their role and functions in Volkian society. Today the VFP is a multi-faceted agency with numerous responsibilities and works closely with local law enforcement when necessary as well as with international law enforcement partners.
Missions
The VFP has the following missions:
- Combating international, serious, complex, and organized crime including terrorism, drug smuggling, money laundering, sapient being trafficking, as well as cybercrime.
- Providing the federal government's mobile response force for internal security events.
- Providing counter-terrorism forces (Special Intervention Unit).
- Providing transportation security at major Volkian airports and on Volkian railways.
- Providing air marshals.
- Protection of federal buildings such as the National Assembly Building and the Presidential Palace.
- Protection of federal officials such as the President of Volkia and high ranking members of the Volkian National Assembly.
- Supporting international police missions.
- Assist in VABR operations that require police powers.
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