| Agencyname: | National Police Service |
| Logocaption: | Logo of the National Police |
| Commonname: | Полиция / Police |
| Abbreviation: | GDNP |
| Formed: | 1925 |
| Preceding1: | People's Militia |
| Employees: | 53114 officers |
| Budget: | $1,103,492,490 |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Constitution6: | --> |
| Police: | yes |
| Headquarters: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Minister1name: | Kalin Stoyanov |
| Minister1pfo: | Minister of Interior |
| Chief1name: | Senior Commissioner Atanas Ilkov |
| Chief1position: | Director |
| Parentagency: | Ministry of Interior |
| Child7agency: | --> Security Police, Traffic Police, local Specialized Police Forces and other smaller agencies |
| Stations: | ODMVR Blagoevgrad -Two stations in Blagoevgrad -Substations in Razlog, Bansko, Gotse Delchev, Petrich and Sandanski ODMVR Burgas -Four stations in Burgas, fifth under construction -Substations in Aitos, Karnobat, Malko Tarnovo, Nessebar, Primorsko, Pomorie, Ruen, Sozopol, Sredets, Sungurlare, Tsarevo ODMVR Varna -Five stations in Varna -Substations in Aksakovo, Devnya, Provadiya ODMVR Veliko Tarnovo -Station in Veliko Tarnovo -Substations in Gorna Oryahovitsa, Elena, Pavlikeni and Svishtov ODMVR Vidin -Three stations in Vidin -Two substations in Belogradchik, one in Kula ODMVR Vratsa -Two stations in Vratsa -Substations in Mezdra, Byala Slatina, Kozloduyi, Oryahovo ODMVR Gabrovo -One station in Gabrovo -Substations in Sevlievo, Dryanovo and Tryavna ODMVR Dobrich -Two stations in Dobrich -Substations in Tervel, Balchik, General Toshevo, Shabla and Krushari ODMVR Kyustendil -One station in Kyustendil -Substations in Dupnitsa, Bobov Dol and Rila ODMVR Kardzhali -Two stations in Kardzhali -Substations in Momchilgrad, Dzhebel, Kirkovo, Ardino, Krumovgrad ODMVR Lovetch -One station in Lovetch -Substations in Troyan, Teteven, Lukovit, Ugurchin, Yablanitsa ODMVR Montana -One station in Montana -Substations in Lom and Berkovitsa ODMVR Pazardzhik -One station in Pazardzhik -Substations in Velingrad, Panagyurishte, Peshtera, Septemvri ODMVR Pernik -Two stations in Pernik -Substations in Radomir, Breznik and Tran ODMVR Pleven -Two stations in Pleven -Substations in Cherven Bryag, Levski, Nikopol, Dolni Dubnik, Dolna Mitropolia, Knezha ODMVR Plovdiv -Six stations in Plovdiv -Substations in Asenovgrad, Karlovo, Hisar, Stamboliiski, Rakovski, Parvomai, Trud ODMVR Razgrad -One station in Razgrad -Substations in Isperih and Kubrat ODMVR Ruse -Two stations in Ruse -Substations in Byala, Betovo, Dve Mogili and Slivo Pole ODMVR Silistra -One station in Silistra -Substations in Tutrakan and Dulovo ODMVR Sliven -One station in Sliven -Substations in Nova Zagora, Kotel and Tvarditsa ODMVR Smolyan -One station in Smolyan -Substations in Chepelare, Devin, Madan and Zlatograd SDVR Sofia -Nine stations in Sofia -Substations in Botevgrad, Elin Pelin, Etropole, Ihtiman, Kostenets, Kostinbrod, Pirdop, Pravets, Samokov, Svoge and Slivnitsa ODMVR Stara Zagora -Two stations in Stara Zagora -Substations in Kazanlak, Chirpan, Gulubovo and Radnevo ODMVR Targovishte -One station in Targovishte -Substations in Popovo and Omurtag ODMVR Haskovo -One station in Haskovo -Substations in Dimitrovgrad, Svilengrad, Harmanli, Topolovgrad and Ivailovgrad ODMVR Shumen -One station in Shumen -Substations in Veliki Preslav, Novi Pazar and Kaolinovo ODMVR Yambol -One station in Yambol -Substations in Tundzha, Straldzha and Elhovo |
| Vehicle1type: | Marked vehicles |
| Vehicles1: | Opel Astra G, Kia Ceed, Skoda Rapid, Haval H6, VW Tiguan, Dacia Duster (shown below) |
| Vehicle2type: | Unmarked vehicles |
| Vehicles2: | Opel Astra, VW Transporter, Kia Ceed, Skoda Rapid, Ford Kuga and others |
| Activity6name: | --> |
| Anniversary6: | --> |
| Award6: | --> |
The National Police Service (Bulgarian: Национална Служба Полиция), also known as the General Directorate "National Police" (Bulgarian: Главна дирекция "Национална полиция", ГДНП) is an independent agency of the Ministry of the Interior responsible for general law enforcement in Bulgaria.[1]
With the creation of the "Law for administration and police" in 1925 was established the "Police and State Security Directorate" . Its duties included enforcing laws and ensuring the safety of the country. It continued to function until 1944 with the creation of the People's Militia.
The People's Militia was established by the Council of Ministers with Decree No. 1 on 10 September 1944 (one day after the communist coup).[2] The Directorate of the People's Militia was structured into two departments: State Security and People's Militia.[3] [4] On April 1, 1947, the Main Directorate of the People's Militia was established, which included the Directorate of State Security and the Directorate of the People's Militia. The militia functioned as a basic police force, but also acted as an intelligence agency and spied on both its own and foreign citizens, secretly gathering information for the communist party. With the democratic changes of 1991, the People's Militia was replaced by the National Police.[5] [6]
With the fall of communism in 1991 was established the National Police Directorate and later, in 1993 was accepted the new law for the national police. In 2008 the national police numbered 47000 officers and 5000 administrative workers. In 2022 a total of 53114 officers and ~4000 civilian workers served under the GDNP.https://bg.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&action=edit&section=3
The National Police has the following structure:[7]
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| МВР Главен Секретар пагон.svg | МВР Главен комисар пагон.svg | МВР Старши комисар пагон.svg | МВР полиция комисар пагон.svg | МВР полиция главен инспектор пагон.svg | МВР полиция старши инспектор пагон.sv | МВР полиция инспектор I степен пагон.svg | МВР полиция инспектор II степен пагон.sv | МВР полиция инспектор III степен пагон.sv | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgarian: Главен секретар | Bulgarian: Главен комисар | Bulgarian: Старши комисар | Bulgarian: Комисар | Bulgarian: Главен инспектор | Bulgarian: Старши инспектор | Bulgarian: Инспектор I-ва степен | Bulgarian: Инспектор II-ра степен | Bulgarian: Инспектор III-та степен | ||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Policemen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Police Service | ||||
| Chief policeman | Policeman 1st grade | Policeman 2nd grade | Policeman 3rd grade | |
| Bulgarian: Главен полицай | Bulgarian: Полицай I-ва степен | Bulgarian: Полицай II степен | Bulgarian: Полицай III степен | |
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