page_title: Veřejná bezpečnost
hierarchical_section_title: Veřejná bezpečnost
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Historická Škoda Octavia 1202 (Veřejná bezpečnost) oslavě 55 let trolejbusové dopravy v Pardubicích English: Historic Škoda Octavia 1202 police car (Veřejná bezpečnost - Public Security i.e. communist name for police) at the 55th anniversary of trolleybus transport in Pardubice
context_page_description: Public Security was the regular police force of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, created in 1945 as a branch of the National Security Corps, which also included State Security, Armed Airport Security and Armed Railway Security.
  The VB was divided into the Public Order and Traffic VB, Criminal Investigations VB,
  and an Infrastructure Security section. There were regional, district, city and local detachments of the force. On 15 June 1991, it ceased to exist and its functions transferred to the new police forces of the Czech and Slovak republics.
  The VB were permitted to demand from any citizen an občanský průkaz. This booklet contained a photograph and information such as name, current address and place of employment. As carrying an občanský průkaz was mandatory; a person could be detained for simply not having one in their possession.
  The auxiliary wing was the 'Public Security Auxiliary Guard', recruited from "politically reliable" citizens over the age of 21, who wore a red arm-band with "PS VB". They were generally used for traffic control and public order duties.
  VB vehicles were originally blue with a white line along the side.
context_section_description: Public Security (Czech: Veřejná bezpečnost (VB), Slovak: Verejná bezpečnosť (VB)) 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), Armed Airport Security (Czech: Sbor ozbrojené ochrany letišť, SOOL)) and Armed Railway Security, (Czech: (Sbor ozbrojené ochrany železnic, SOOŽ)).
  The VB was divided into the Public Order and Traffic VB (Highway Patrol), Criminal Investigations VB (major crimes, forensics), 
  and an Infrastructure Security section (security of important buildings, installations, etc.). There were regional, district, city and local detachments of the force. On 15 June 1991, it ceased to exist and its functions transferred to the new police forces of the Czech and Slovak republics.
  The VB were permitted to demand from any citizen an občanský průkaz (identification booklet). This booklet contained a photograph and information such as name, current address and place of employment (being unemployed in the ČSSR was practically illegal, as one could be charged with "living on avails of the society"). As carrying an občanský průkaz was mandatory; a person could be detained for simply not having one in their possession. 
  The auxiliary wing was the 'Public Security Auxiliary Guard' (Pomocná stráž VB), recruited from "politically reliable" citizens over the age of 21, who wore a red arm-band with "PS VB". They were generally used for traffic control and public order duties.
  VB vehicles were originally blue with a white line along the side. Later vehicles had panels painted orange and white in a similar pattern to American 'black and whites', which the pattern's designer admitted after the fall of the regime was his inspiration. The full name 'Veřejná bezpečnost' was used with the blue design while later vehicles had only the letters 'VB' written the white doors.
  VB uniforms were also originally dark blue until the 1960s, when they changed to a khaki colour described officially as 'nettle green', with rank insignia on red epaulettes, which did not follow Soviet patterns, except for junior officers.
caption: Restored Škoda 1202 VB car from 1960s in Pardubice, 2007.
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