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, 1973 |
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| Employees | 87,157 (August 2020) |
| Annual budget | $6.41 billion (2021) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | Volkia |
| Operations jurisdiction | Volkia |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Oleg Ishutin Federal Building, Volkgoroda, Volkia |
| Sworn members | 70,726 (Aug 2020) |
| Civilians | 16,431 (Aug 2020) |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Website | |
| https://www.vfp.vlk | |
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, 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
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, 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.
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 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.
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 (Rapid Intervention Unit).
- 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, Federal Supreme Court Building, and the Presidential Palace.
- Protection of federal officials such as the President of Volkia and high ranking members of the Volkian National Assembly.
- Protection of federal witnesses.
- Supporting international police missions.
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