Public Security (Czechoslovakia)

Public Security
*Veřejná bezpečnost VB*
*Verejná bezpečnosť*
Public Security; Veřejná bezpečnost VB; Verejná bezpečnosť
Abbreviation	VB
Agency overview
Formed	1945
Dissolved	15 June 1991
Superseding agency	Police of the Czech Republic (in the Czech Republic); Slovak Police Force (in Slovakia);
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Operations jurisdiction	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Prague
Parent agency	Sbor národní bezpečnosti; Ministry of the Interior
Child agency	Pomocná stráž VB;

VB officers assists in the opening of Line B of the Prague Metro, Náměstí Republiky, 2 November 1985.

Restored Škoda 1202 VB car from 1960s in Pardubice, 2007.

Restored VAZ-2103 VB car from 1980s in Dobřichovice, 2009.

A helmet and brigadier used by Public Safety.

Public Security (Czech: Veřejná bezpečnost [VB], Slovak: Verejná bezpečnosť [VB], lit. 'Public Safety') was the regular police force of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR), created in 1945 as a branch of the National Security Corps (Sbor národní bezpečnosti), which also included State Security (Státní bezpečnost).