The Main Department of Internal Affairs of Kazan (russian: Управление МВД РФ по г.Казани ) or just Kazan Police (russian: полиции Казани), is the largest municipal police force in

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

City. The Police is the third largest police department established in Russia (after

Moscow Police The Moscow Police (russian: Московская полиция), officially the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow (russian: Главное управление внутренних дел по городу Москве) ...

and

Saint Petersburg Police The Saint Petersburg Police (russian: полиция Санкт-Петербурга), officially the Main Administration for Internal Affairs of the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast (Главное управление внут ...

). It has its headquarters in Karl Marx 21 Street, in central Kazan. The Main Department of Internal Affairs is the Kazan's executive agency, part of the system of Internal Affairs of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police public safety is also subordinate to the Kazan Municipality. The main responsibilities are the

internal security Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other Self-governance, self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. Responsibility fo ...

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, suppression and detection of crime, and protection of

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. The Police department headed by the chief, who appoints and removes from office on

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by the

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on the recommendation of the Mayor of Kazan. Before he suggest a nomination, the Internal Minister turns the view of Kazan Mayor. The Control over the activities of the police are carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Mayor, the Municipality of Kazan and the Kazan City Duma. The Municipal police force was established in 1977. Before that date the duties of law enforcement in Kazan was under the direct responsibility of The

. Currently police chief is Valery Krasilnikov (Since 2010).

History

The Kazan municipal police established in 1977, as part of the executive council of

city, while the

MVD The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...

is remain as supportive body. The police was re-organised multiple times. On 1991 several department were formed, as Economic Crimes Department and the Departmend against

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. In the recent years the police has been criticized for brutality levels. Fellowing the death of detained man,Sodomy & Death At Hands of Kazan Police Sets Off National Outcry
Kazan Herald the police chief has been replaced; Valery Krasilnikov has been appointed instead Alexey Selivanovskiy as the Head of Kazan's Police. In July 2013 the police took part along with FSB in the security arrangements for the 2013 Summer Universiade, the biggest sport event in Russia since the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Chief of Kazan Police

*Zagfar Khaliullin (1977–1981) *Marcel Ainutdinov (1981–1985) *Dilus Minnullin (1985–1988) *Iskander Galimov (1988–1993) *Nurgayan Akbarov (1993–1998) *Evgeny Davletshin (1998–2003) *Fayaz Shabayev (2003–2006) *Alexey Selivanovskiy (2006–2010) *Valery Krasilnikov (2010-2016) *Alexey Sokolov (2016-2019) *Alexander Mishikhin (since 2019)

Structure

Territorial Divisions

* Kazan Metro Police Department * K-9 Center *Police Patrol Regiment *Traffic Police Regiment *Team special of the Patrol Police (for mass events) of the Kazan Police Department *Special police unit GROM *Aviastroitel District **Aviastroitelniy Police Station 1th *Vakhtovskiy District **Yapeeva police Station 16th *Kirov District **Near-River Police Station 3rd **Yudino Police Station 4th *Moscow District **Moscow Police Station 5th **Voskhod Police Station 11th *New Savin District **Savinovo Police Station 6th **Ggarin Police Station 7th **Yamashev Police Station 17th *Near-Volga District **Gorky Police Station 8th **Safiullina Police Station 9th ***Tankodrom Police Station 15th **Industrial Police Station 10th *Soviet District *Guard Police Station 12th *Azino-2 Police Station 13th *Derbyshky Police Station 14th

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