Russian Holidays - Russian Transport Police Day

On February 18, the Russian Federation celebrates the holiday of the Transport Police of the Russian Federation The roots of the holiday go back to 1919 - when the All-Russian Interdepartmental Committee (VTsIK) signed the document “On the organization of an interdepartmental commission for the protection of railways” This was the first step in the long road of formation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation; the organization is responsible for the safety of all its wards On October 26, 1971, Minister of the Soviet Union Nikolai Shchelokov signed a decree “On approval of the structure and staff of the Moscow Police Department and the Investigation Department of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs in air transport” These events were sparked by a horrific incident of terrorism in the air The terrorists wanted to hijack the plane, but flight attendant Nadezhda Kurchenko, a young, fragile girl, prevented the hijacking of the Aeroflot plane at the cost of her life The society was agitated and frightened, which forced the government to create the Ministry of Air Police Now professionals ensured the safety of airplane passengers After ten long years, the turn came to NCIS On the eve of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, there was an urgent need to ensure security on the Moscow River As a result, the first NCIS unit was created Transport police officers have always enjoyed honor and respect in the country Now the protection of the entire transport infrastructure of the country is provided by highly qualified workers, ensuring security and suppressing any offenses on all air, water and land roads of our huge country The Road Transport Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is directly subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation February 18 is not an official holiday and is a working day, but this does not prevent employees and their colleagues from accepting congratulations from the highest officials of the state Management organizes festive events at which employees are honored, awarding medals, certificates and cash bonuses to the best employees The memory of those killed in service and retired employees is honored A huge number of concerts are held throughout the country Employees face violations every day, including fire safety, luggage transportation violations, and drug trafficking across the border But the most dangerous thing is preventing terrorism, because it is on transport routes that terrorist attacks most often occur Transport Police officers work very closely with other departments, which leads to a reduction in crime Proof of this is the statistics, which show an annual decrease in violations of the law