Volkspolizei

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Deutsche Volkspolizei German People's Police
Badge of the Volkspolizei
Banner of the Volkspolizei
Agency overview
Formed	31 October, 1945
Preceding agency	Ordnungspolizei
Dissolved	1990
Superseding agency	Bundespolizei/ Landespolizei Saxony, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt , Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Berlin
Employees	257,500 90,000 full-time police officers 177,500 volunteers
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	German Democratic Republic
Operations jurisdiction	German Democratic Republic
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	East Berlin
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior
Facilities
Cars	Trabant[1] Moskvitch 408 Wartburg 353 Lada Gaz-24 Gaz-21 ZAZ

The Deutsche Volkspolizei (DVP, German for "German People's Police"), commonly known as the Volkspolizei or VoPo, was the national uniformed police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1945 to 1990. The Volkspolizei was a highly-centralized agency responsible for most civilian law enforcement in East Germany, maintaining 257,500 personnel at its peak. It worked closely along with the Stasi to maintain public order and identify threats to the regime.