MO

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MO is the common abbreviation for Milicja Obywatelska, the state police force that operated in communist Poland from 1944 to 1990.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency
state police force
controlledBy central government of the Polish People’s Republic
country Poland
dissolved 1990
employerOf officers of the state police in communist Poland
hasAbbreviation MO NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic centralized command structure
nationwide jurisdiction
politically controlled
hasDuty crime prevention
criminal investigation
maintaining public order
political surveillance
hasHistoricalRole instrument of communist rule in Poland
hasSector law enforcement
public security
hasType paramilitary police
headquartersLocation Warsaw
ideologicalAlignment communist
inception 1944
jurisdiction Polish People’s Republic NERFINISHED
languageOfName Polish
legalForm state institution
nativeLabel Milicja Obywatelska NERFINISHED
operatedFrom 1944
operatedInPoliticalSystem communist Poland
operatedUntil 1990
partOf Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People’s Republic NERFINISHED
Ministry of Public Security of Poland NERFINISHED
precededBy pre‑war Polish State Police (Policja Państwowa) NERFINISHED
regionServed territory of Poland
reorganizedAs civilian police force of the Third Polish Republic (Policja)
replaced pre‑war Polish State Police (Policja Państwowa) NERFINISHED
replacedBy Policja (Polish Police) NERFINISHED
democratic civilian police structures in Poland
shortName MO NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Polish United Workers’ Party NERFINISHED
timePeriod Cold War era
post‑World War II Poland
usedAbbreviation MO NERFINISHED
usedBy authorities of the Polish People’s Republic NERFINISHED
usedFor internal security
regime protection
usedUniform blue‑grey police uniform
usedVehicleMarking MO inscription on police vehicles

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