"The Law of the Workers Paradise:The Volkspolizei" Topic

"The Volkspolizei or 'People's Police' sometimes referred to also as VoPo or VP, was the national police force and principal law enforcement organ of the German Democratic Republic. The Volkspolizei were responsible for most law enforcement activities in East Germany, but its organization and structure were comprised as such that it could be considered a quasi-military force as well. Unlike law enforcement agencies in most western countries, the Volkspolizei were equipped with equipment such as armored personnel carriers and artillery pieces and Volkspolizei personnel were trained along the same lines as units of the Nationale Volksarmee.

While any East German citizen could become a non-commissioned officer in the Volkspolizei, all members of the commissioned officer corps were required to be members of East Germany's ruling communist authority the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands of 'Socialist Unity Party of Germany' often abbreviated as SED. The Volkspolizei, being the principal force responsible for law and order in the declared Socialist Workers Paradise, was expected to maintain and enfore the interests of the SED Communist Party, the ruling regime as well as maintaining public order.

The Volkspolizei was initially founded following the conclusion of World War II when the Soviet occupational authorities took the East German remnants of the Nazi Ordnungspolizei commonly referred to as the 'Orpo' and the Kriminalpolizei referred to as the Kripo and reorganized them into a centralized agency that would be politically reliable to the new communist authority. This was done when the SMAD or Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland ' Soviet Military Administration in Germany established centralized police forces in the regions of eastern Germany it occupied following the cease of hostilities. By establishing these groups, the Soviets clearly were in violation of the agreements at the Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference during the final years of the war. The SMAD officially approved the arming of these community-level police forces on 31 October 1945…"
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Armand

Kinda reminds me of the "Justice" department and FBI.

Glup!….

Armand