Law enforcement in the Czech Republic

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Czech police in front of some Greenpeace protesters during president's Bush visit in Prague

Policing in the Czech Republic is the responsibility of the Czech Police. Among the departments in the force are the order police service, the criminal police service, the traffic police service, the administration activity service, the Safety service, the service for investigating corruption and serious commercial crimes, the foreign and border police service, the rapid response team, the railway police service and the air service. ^[1]

The Rapid Response Team maintains contact with British 22 SAS, French GIGN and RAID, Belgian DSU (formerly known as SIE), and Italian NOCS and GIS.^[2]

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StB (Czechoslovak State Security)

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^ The Czech Republic Police Force Retrieved 19 May 2007
^ The Czech Republic Police Force Retrieved 19 May 2007

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