Minsk City Police Department

Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of Minsk City Executive Committee Галоўнае ўпраўленне ўнутраных спраў Мінскага Гарвыканкама Главное управление внутренних дел Минского Горисполкома
Common name	Minsk City Police Department
Abbreviation	GUVD Minsk
Agency overview
Formed	November 30, 1920
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Minsk, Belarus
Governing body	Ministry of Internal Affairs
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	49 Odintsov Street, Minsk
Elected officer responsible	Ivan Kubrakov, Interior Minister
Agency executive	Aleksandr Astreiko[1]
Parent agency	MVD of Belarus Militsiya (Belarus)
Notables
Anniversary	November 30 March 4
Website
Official Site

The Minsk City Police Department (Belarusian: Галоўнае ўпраўленне ўнутраных спраў Мінскага Гарвыканкама; Russian: Главное управление внутренних дел Минского Горисполкома) officially known as the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee is the main municipal police force in the Belarusian capital of Minsk with responsibilities that include law enforcement and investigation in the city.

Minsk has the largest number of police officers among the post-Soviet republics.^[2] It is also one of the most active police forces in Belarus due to Minsk being the center of many protests and arrests.