Kyiv Police

Law enforcement agency

Main Department of National Police in the City of Kyiv
Головне Управління Національної Поліції України в м. Києві

Patch of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv

Common name| Kyiv City Police
Abbreviation| HUNP Kyiv (ГУНП в м. Києві)
Motto| To Serve And Protect
Служити і захищати
Agency overview
Formed| 1858
Preceding agency|

* Municipal Police

Employees| ~50,000
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction| Kyiv, Ukraine
Size| 840 km2
Population| 2,869,361
Legal jurisdiction| As per operations jurisdiction
Governing body| Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
General nature|

* Local civilian police

Operational structure
Headquarters| 15 Volodymyrska St., Shevchenko Raion
Police Officers| 10,000 (2010)
Head of Kyiv Police responsible|

* Ivan Vyhovsky[1]

Parent agency| National Police of Ukraine
Website
Official site (in Ukrainian)

The Main Department of National Police of the city of Kyiv (Ukrainian: ГУНП України в м. Києві – Головне Управління Національної Поліції України в м. Києві) was a police force established in 1858 in Kyiv as the Kyiv Municipal Police (Київська міська поліція). It was the largest municipal police force in Ukraine, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation in Ukrainian capital.[citation needed] The Kyiv Police was one of the oldest police departments in Ukraine. Its headquarters were located at Volodymyr Street 15 in Kyiv.

The Kyiv Police is part of the National Police of Ukraine; the police is also subordinate to the Kyiv government.[citation needed] Their main responsibilities were internal security, human rights and freedoms, suppression and detection of crime, and protection of public order.

The police is headed by the chief, who is appointed and removed from office by Presidential decree on the recommendation of the Minister of Internal Affairs. Before he suggests a nomination, the president consults the mayor of Kyiv.[citation needed] The police is overseen by the MVS and the government of Kyiv.[citation needed]

Since August 2021, the Head of Kyiv police has been Ivan Vyhovsky.[1] As of the 14th of February 2022, all personnel of the Kyiv Police were transferred to the National Police of Ukraine.[2]

## Kyiv City Police Commissioners

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The Kyiv City Police Commissioner (officially called The Head of Kyiv's Internal Affairs Department) is the head of the Kyiv City Police Department, appointed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3][1]

* Yuri Oleksandrovich Smirnov (2000–2001)
* Vitaliy Grigorievich Yarema (2005–2010)
* Valriy Volodymyrovich Koryak (2010–2014)
* Yuri Leonidovich Moroz (2014-2015)
* Aleksandr Farsevich (2015)
* Andrey Evgenevich Kryschenko [uk] (2015-2021)[4]
* Ivan Vyhovsky (since 2021)[1]

## See also

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* National Police of Ukraine

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Vyhovsky heads Kyiv Police, Interfax-Ukraine (11 August 2021)
2. ^ "Kyiv Police Twitter".
3. ^ Vyhivsky becomes new Kyiv police chief, Ukrinform (11 August 2021)
4. ^ Kryschenko resigns from post of Kyiv Police head, Interfax-Ukraine (11 August 2021)

## External links

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* Official website (in Ukrainian)
* Kyiv Police – YouTube official channel