Legal Encyclopedia. The letter P

POLICE

- Permanent police facilities in Russia by Peter I in St. Petersburg in 1718 and operating on the basis of the Instructions Gradskij Deanery 1649

Officially established regular AP Regulation (Charter) Chief Magistrate in 1721

In 1732 he was introduced the post of Chief of Police. In 1746 the expedition established in cases of thieves and robbers, the decrees of 1746 and 1747 established rules of conduct in public places, and then decrees that regulate police powers.

Formation of a regular police ended in the provincial reform in 1775 Since then, the police function in the counties went to the police captain and Zemsky lower courts in the towns - their mayor, in St. Petersburg and Moscow -

Chief of Police.

Since 1782 in the cities created special

police authorities - Justices deanery, which included the chief of police (in capitals -ober of Police) officers in criminal and civil cases, two elective Rathmann. Their responsibilities included:

1) monitoring the procedure;

2) enforcement of laws;

3) A provincial government decisions, judicial chambers and other courts;

4) elimination of violations;

5) the inquiry and tracing;

6) the detention of criminals;

7) decision minor criminal cases.

The jurisdiction of the PA to the city's prison, in addition to special prisons and fortresses for the content of especially dangerous and political criminals, strait and workhouses.

Private bailiff carried out police surveillance outside the territory of the city, which is divided into districts (part).

management functions AP in 1810, carried out a special ministry of police, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire.