Public Security (Czechoslovakia)

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Public Security (Czech: Veřejná bezpečnost [VB],^[1] Slovak: Verejná bezpečnosť [VB]^[2]) was the regular police force of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR), created in 1945 as a branch of the National Security Corps (Sbor národní bezpečnosti), which also included State Security (Státní bezpečnost).