German People's Police

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf government agency
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Soviet_military
gptkbp:commander uniformed personnel
gptkbp:community community policing efforts
gptkbp:communityEngagement public safety campaigns
gptkbp:country gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:culturalSignificance films and literature
gptkbp:disbanded after reunification
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:divisions traffic police
special units
district police
criminal police
gptkbp:formed 1952
gptkbp:function crime prevention
border control
internal security
traffic control
public order maintenance
gptkbp:hasPersonnel approximately 100,000
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:historicalContext socialist state
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold War era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German People's Police
gptkbp:insignia shield with eagle
gptkbp:intelligence domestic surveillance
gptkbp:internationalCooperation gptkb:Interpol
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:Hermann_Axen
gptkb:Erich_Mielke
gptkb:Karl-Heinz_Böhme
gptkb:Wilhelm_Zaisser
gptkb:Peter-Michael_Diestel
gptkbp:legacy influence_on_modern_German_policing
gptkbp:motto For the protection of the people
gptkbp:notableOperations drug enforcement
traffic safety initiatives
anti-smuggling operations
anti-terrorism operations
crowd control during protests
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Ministry_of_the_Interior_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:publicPerception mixed views
gptkbp:relationship Stasi
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:German_Federal_Police
gptkbp:secondaryRole law enforcement
political policing
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Federal_Police_(Germany)
gptkbp:training police_academy
gptkbp:uniform green uniform