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The '''Volkian Federal Police (VFP)''' ([[Volkian language|Volkian]]: Волкскийская федеральная полиция (ВФП), tr. ''Volkskiyskaya federal'naya politsiya)'' is the national and principal law enforcement agency of the [[Federal government of Volkia|Volkian Federal Government]], being subordinate to the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Volkia)|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 '''Volkian Federal Police (VFP)''' ([[Volkian language|Volkian]]: Волкскийская федеральная полиция (ВФП), tr. ''Volkskiyskaya federal'naya politsiya)'' is the national and principal law enforcement agency of the [[Federal government of Volkia|Volkian Federal Government]], being subordinate to the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Volkia)|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 {{wp|transnational crime|international}}, serious, complex, and {{wp|organized crime|organized crime}} including terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, drug smuggling, and sapient being trafficking. It is also responsible for railroad and aviation security, protection of federal witnesses, 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, the VFP is not responsible for community policing, as that falls under the responsibility of local and provincial law enforcement agencies. In cases when new territory is added to Volkia, the VFP would provide community policing in those areas.
The VFP has a wide variety of duties. The agency is primarily responsible for preventing, investigating, and disrupting {{wp|transnational crime|international}}, serious, complex, and {{wp|organized crime|organized crime}} including terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, drug smuggling, and sapient being trafficking. It is also responsible for railroad and aviation security, protection of federal witnesses, 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, the VFP is not responsible for community policing, as that falls under the responsibility of local and provincial law enforcement agencies. The VFP has a responsibility for community policing in nonprovincial territories of Volkia, however since there are none the agency does not actively perform this duty.


== History ==
== History ==
The idea of a federal police force has its origins in the aftermath of the [[Volkian Civil War]], which ended in 1926. [[President of Volkia|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 of Volkia|National Assembly]] over renewed concerns of using the military for what many in Volkian politics now saw as a policing issue.
The idea of a federal police force has its origins in the aftermath of the [[Volkian Civil War]], which ended in 1926. [[President of Volkia|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 of Volkia|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 [[Volkian Defense Forces|Defense Forces]]. The National Assembly remained skeptical, but thought the idea of a national police force had some merit. By now, Volkia's provinces and municipalities had organized their own police forces in order to perform community policing and investigate crimes. At the federal level, the Federal Agency for Investigations was responsible for investigating federal crimes and referred them to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution.
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 [[Volkian Defense Forces|Defense Forces]]. The National Assembly remained skeptical, but thought the idea of a national police force had some merit. By now, 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, notably the Federal Investigation Service (FIS), which was responsible for investigating federal crimes. These investigations would then be referred to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution.


The main precursor to the VFP, the FIS worked effectively until the 1960s when its leaders were hand selected by then president [[Matvei Lukyanov]]. Lukyanov used the FIS outside the scope of its original duties, infiltrating Volkia's opposition parties and targeting political enemies of Lukyanov. Following his ouster from power, the FIS was targeted for replacement by the incoming administration of [[Alexander Polivanov]] and the newly founded [[Social Democratic Union]]. With support across several political parties, the FIS was disbanded and replaced by the VFP via the Volkian Federal Police Act of 1973.
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Prior to 1973, the Volkian Federal Police's duties were split across several agencies. Following the passage of the Volkian Federal Police Act of 1972, the agency was originally intended to be used as a protective force, transportation police, drug interdiction, and combating public corruption. Public corruption in particular was a hot button issue with Volkians following the impeachment of former [[President of Volkia|president]] [[Matvei Lukyanov]]. The agency was involved in the arrest of the former president and maintained custody of him until his conviction, at which point he was turned over to federal prison authorities.
The VFP absorbed several other agencies when it was created in 1973 including the Federal Protection Service and the Federal Transport Police, charging it with the duties of a protective force, transportation police, fighting drug smuggling, and especially with fighting public corruption. Public corruption in particular was a volatile topic for Volkians in the aftermath of the Lukyanov administration, and in February 1974 the VFP took its first steps in combating it. Lukyanov was arrested by officers of the VFP for crimes allegedly committed by Lukyanov during his tenure as president, setting the stage for the VFP and its relationship with the country's executive office.


The agency continues to fight public corruption across Volkia, and has arrested public officials ranging from mayors to sitting [[Federal Council (Volkia)|Federal Councilors]]. The VFP would go on to expand its powers and absorb several other agencies, expanding their roles and functions in Volkian society.
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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.
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.