This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Militsiya" Belarus – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(June 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Militsiya of the Republic of Belarus Міліцыя Рэспублікi Беларусь (Belarusian) Милиция Республики Беларусь (Russian)
Belarusian Militsiya emblem
Common name	Militsiya
Agency overview
Formed	March 1, 1991
Preceding agency	Militsiya
Jurisdictional structure
National agency (Operations jurisdiction)	Belarus
Operations jurisdiction	Belarus
Legal jurisdiction	Belarus
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Child agency	Minsk City Police Department

TheMilitsiya of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian:Міліцыя Рэспублікi Беларусь,romanized: Militsyya Respubliki Byelarus,Russian:Милиция Республики Беларусь,romanized: Militsiya Respubliki Belarus) is alaw enforcement agency in Belarus responsible for regularpolicing duties in the country.^[1]

The original Belarusian Militsiya was founded on 4 March 1917 during the events of theFebruary Revolution, when prominentBolshevik leader and politicianMikhail Frunze was appointed temporary police chief of the local Minsk civilianmilitia. Just three days later, various Belarusian cities began the process of creatingpolice departments. The provisional regulations on the police were issued on 17 April 1917, establishing the Militsiya as an executive body of state power. In Belarus, as well as in newly formedRussian SFSR as a whole, the Militsiya replaced the previous Tsarist police services such as theOkhrana. On 10 November (28 October,O.S.) 1917, days after theOctober Revolution took place, thePeople's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) issued a decree on the first normative act defining the creation of the Soviet Militsiya. A single police structure was developed for theSocialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia in 1919, which enabled on 30 November 1920 in the form of the Main Police Administration of the BSSR. In July 1934, the NKVD took upsecret police duties in theBelarusian SSR, with duties being transferred to the BSSR'sInterior Ministry in March 1946. In early February 1962, law enforcement was handled solely by Soviet Belarusian authorities instead of the national agency. On 1 March 1991, theSupreme Soviet of Belarus enacted the Law "On the Police", which is the main legal act regulating the activities of the internal affairs bodies of an independent republic. On 17 July 2007, theNational Assembly of Belarus adopted a law effectively making the Belarusian police a fundamental and flagship agency of the MVD/MUS. 4 March is today considered thebirthday of the modern Belarusian police service.^[2][3][4]

Its law enforcement central agency, the Militsiya, is considered to be the main policing and law enforcement agency in Belarus, consisting of services such as:

• National Police Headquarters
  • Criminal Police
    • Central Department of Criminal Investigation
    • Central Department for Combatting Economic Crimes
    • Department for Drug Control and Trafficking in Human Beings Combatting
  • Public Security Police
    • Central Department for Law and Order Ensuring and Prevention of Crimes
    • Department of State Traffic Police
    • Department of Daily On-Duty Service
  • Regional affiliates
    • Minsk City Police Department
    • Brest City Police Department
    • Gomel City Police Department
    • Mogilev City Police Department
    • Vitebsk City Police Department
  • Educational Institutions
    • TheAcademy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
    • The Mogilev Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
    • Centre for Professional Development of Executives and Specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
    • Minsk City Cadet College № 1

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Militsiya
					Ґенэрал-палкоўнік G̀jeneral-palkoŭnik		Ґенэрал-лейтэнант G̀jeneral-liejtenant		Ґенэрал-маёр G̀jeneral-major		Палкоўнік Palkoŭnik		Падпалкоўнік Padpalkoŭnik		Маёр Major		Капітан Kapitan		Старшы лейтэнант Staršy liejtenant		Лейтэнант Liejtenant		Малодшы лейтэнант Malodšy liejtenant

Cadets

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Militsiya
	Курсант Старшы прапаршчык KursantStaršy praparščyk			Курсант Прапаршчык KursantPraparščyk			Курсант Старшына KursantStaršyna		Курсант Старшы сяржант KursantStaršy siaržant		Курсант Сяржант KursantSiaržant						Курсант Малодшы сяржант KursantMalodšy siaržant						Курсант Яфрэйтар KursantJafrejtar				Курсант Радавы KursantRadavy

Enlisted

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Militsiya
	Старшы прапаршчык Staršy praparščyk			Прапаршчык Praparščyk			Старшына Staršyna		Старшы сяржант Staršy siaržant		Сяржант Siaržant						Малодшы сяржант Malodšy siaržant						Яфрэйтар Jafrejtar				Радавы Radavy

• 
  A Soviet-era Belarusian policeman in their regular uniform during the 1950s.
• 
  Policemen during civil unrest onOctober Square.
• 
  Belarusian riot police during aFreedom Day rally in March 2017.
• 
  A specially designedUAZ Patriot police car with theMinsk City Police Department in April 2019.
• 
  A monument inGomel commemorating the centennial anniversary of the Belarusian police.
• 
  A Belarusian police car in the Museum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
• 
  Belarusian policewomen.
• 
  Rubezh special vehicle
• 
  STREIT Predator water cannon

• Police of Russia
• National Police of Ukraine

• Media related toLaw enforcement in Belarus at Wikimedia Commons

• Law enforcement agencies of Belarus
• Government agencies established in 1917
• 1917 establishments in Russia
• Government agencies established in 1991
• 1991 establishments in Belarus
• Militsiya

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles needing additional references from June 2020
• All articles needing additional references
• Articles containing Belarusian-language text
• Articles containing Russian-language text
• Pages using law enforcement agency with civilian police general nature
• Commons category link from Wikidata