在独ソ連軍政府
On October 31, 1945, the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SVAG) approved the arming of the community-level police forces; the forces which had been established in the regions of Germany the Soviet Union had occupied following World War II. In 1946 the name "Volkspolizei" began to be used and by August the organisation was placed under the control of the German Administration of the Interior.