Preparations for the re-establishment of the Estonian Police began in early 1990. On 5 June 1990, a police school was formed in Paikuse. On 1 August 1990, the Estonian Ministry of the Interior became independent from the Soviet Ministry of the Interior. The Police Act, which essentially abolished the former militsiya structure and re-established the police, was passed on 20 September. Jüri Nurme became the Director General of the police on 31 October. The central police institution, called , was formed on 20 November and prefectures on 23 November. The institution consisted of police bureaux, police reserve, police prefectures, transport police prefectures, Internal Security Service, police academy, police school, minors bureau, Estonian address office, forensic bureau, special service, security team, and police dog training department. The Estonian Police was officially re-established within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior on 1 March 1991. The re-established institution consisted of four main services: field-, traffic-, criminal-, and investigative police. The initial situation of was dire. There was a serious lack of personnel and equipment during the formation of the institution. In addition, the personnel that was hired tended to be inexperienced and personnel turnover rate was high. Furthermore, crime was rising daily and in August 1991, the police had to face the threat of a coup d'état. However, the difficulties were eventually surmounted.