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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 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.
== 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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