Several nations observe or formerly observed a Police Day to recognize the professional holiday or anniversary of their national police force.
Several nations observe or formerly observed a Police Day to recognize the professional holiday or anniversary of their national police force.
Celebrated on 16 April, Police Workers Day (Armenian : Ոստիկանության օր) in Armenia commemorates personnel of the Police of Armenia. It was first celebrated in 2002 and was introduced year earlier by the National Assembly of Armenia. The 2011 Law "On Police Duties" was also passed on that same day. Traditionally, the President of Armenia and/or the Prime Minister of Armenia receives the salute at a ceremony in the Yerevan police headquarters. [1]
Celebrated on 2 July, the Azerbaijani Police Day (Azerbaijani : Azərbaycan Polisi Günü) commemorates personnel of the Police of Azerbaijan. Initially, 6 June was declared the Azerbaijani Police Day by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Elchibey, dated 6 June 1992. [2]
On 24 May 1998, by the decree of the President Heydar Aliyev, the date of the Azerbaijan Police Day was changed to 2 July in reference to the establishment of the first police bodies within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on 2 July 1918. [3] [4] On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani police, a march composed by Aydan Aliyeva (an employee of the BMPD) and performed by soloist of the State Musical Comedy Theater Samad Khasiyev was published. [5] [6] [7]
The Day of the Police of Bulgaria (Bulgarian : Ден на българската полиция) is celebrated in the country on 8 November. It commemorates the National Police Service. It was celebrated for the first time on 21 November 1924 but was interrupted after the 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état. At the suggestion of the National Police Service in 1994, 8 November was declared a national holiday once again. By decision of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria on 29 January 1999, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church holiday of Saint Michael (archangel) was declared a professional holiday of the employees of the Ministry of Interior. [8]
In Canada, Police and Peace Officers National Memorial Day honors of members of Canadian law enforcement on the last Sunday in September. On 24 September 1998, the Governor General of Canada Roméo LeBlanc, declared that day to be an official holiday. [9] The country also celebrates Police Week, having been observed originally in 1970 as a catalyst for police-community relations. [10] Annually in the province of Manitoba, February 1 is celebrated as "Royal Canadian Mounted Police Day". [11]
Police Day in Chile is marked on two anniversary dates:
In Mainland China, Chinese People's Police Festival (Chinese :中国人民警察节) is celebrated on 10 January in honor of the People's Police of the PRC. [12] Its date "1-10" refers to the emergency number 110 used in communities and celebrates the first 110 alarm service desk for police service in the country that established in Canton since 1986. [13]
National Police Day in Egypt occurs each year on 25 January. The holiday commemorates and is a remembrance for 50 police officers killed and more wounded when they refused British demands to hand over weapons and evacuate the Ismaïlia Police Station on 25 January 1952.
In Georgia, 6 May was declared as Police Day in 2010, which coincides with St. George's day and the Day of the Adjarian Revolution. [14] In 2011, a Police Parade was held in the city of Batumi, seeing the participation of several thousand officers. Since the ousting of President Mikheil Saakashvili, the holiday has been celebrated on 31 May.
The Day of the Latvian State Police is celebrated on 5 December. It is founding date of the police when the newly proclaimed transitional government of, the People's Council of Latvia, approved the Temporary Regulations on the Internal Security Organization (Latvian: Pagaidu noteikumi par iekšējās apsardzības organizēšanu), created regulations for the structure of the police and its jurisdiction under the Ministry of the Interior. [15] [16]
In Malaysia, Police Day (Malay : Hari Polis) is celebrated on 25 March in honor of the first effective police force established in Penang under William Farquhar's rule since 1807, which is the predecessor of today's Royal Malaysia Police.
On July 24 every year, the Polish Policja celebrates its Police Day (Święto Policji) as a public holiday, having been in existence since 1995.
The timeline of previous Police Days are as follows:
As a rule, on the eve of the holiday, the Warsaw Metropolitan Police Headquarters conducts ceremony of awarding decorations to policemen. Police Day is also an opportunity to lay wreaths front of plaques and monuments dedicated to the memory of the fallen on duty. On 23 July 2010, a monument in Warsaw was unveiled in honor of police officers who were murdered in the Katyn massacre in 1940. [19] Earlier, on 13 May 2010, the Memorial to the Memory of the Murdered Policemen was unveiled in Poznań, commemorating 395 policemen murdered by the Soviet NKVD and the German Military Administration in 1940. The 100th anniversary of the Polish Police was celebrated on Police Day with a ceremony on Piłsudski Square. [20]
In Romania, Police Day (Romanian : Ziua Poliției) takes place on 25 March. [21] It was introduced by the Romanian Parliament in April 2002 as a commemoration of the flag of the Romanian Police. The choice of this date is related to the symbol of the Annunciation on the first banner of the Great Ages. In 1822, Prince Grigore IV Ghica of Wallachia handed to the banner to Mihăiţă Filipescu (the head of the police at that time) the flag on which the sign of the Flag of Agia Maria is sewn. [22]
Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day is the term to refer to the Police Day of the Russian Police (formerly the Russian Militsiya) and personnel the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). It was first introduced Chairman Leonid Brezhnev in 1962, and was made an official holiday in October 1980. [23] Since 2000, the President of Russia has given the keynote address in the State Kremlin Palace in front of police officers and interior ministry officials. [24] In many former Soviet republics, the holiday is celebrated in a similar manner to the Russians, but may however be celebrated on different days or called different things. Despite this, the most common reference to this Police Day is the Russian language translation Russian: День полиции, meaning Day of the Police or Day of the Militsiya in English. The latter was used as the name of the Russian holiday until the adoption of President Dmitry Medvedev's Russian police reform in March 2011. [25]
The Day of the Serbian Police and Interior Ministry (Serbian : Дан српске полиције и Министарство унутрашњих послова) is celebrated on 12 June. Also known as Serbian MUP Day, they are celebrated in the memory of the events in 1862 when the Serbian Gendarmery of the Principality of Serbia played the crucial role in the conflicts in the Čukur Fountain incident in Belgrade on June 15. Over the next two days, the Ottoman bombing of Belgrade occurred. [26]
Policemen and women often parade before the Interior Minister and/or the President of Serbia during the holiday. The parade includes hardware, police aviation, mounted cavalry, as well as an exhibition of law enforcement strength. Wreaths are laid at the Čukur Fountain by MUP officials. Medals for diligent service are also distributed to MUP personnel. [27]
The Singapore Police Force celebrates its police day on June 3. It annually hosts a Police Day parade at the Home Team Academy presided by the Minister of Home Affairs and/or the President of Singapore. [28] Various police units including the National Police Cadet Corps participate in PDP. Award presentations for categories such as the "Best Land Division" or "Best National Service Operationally Ready Unit". [29]
In Taiwan, Police Festival (Chinese :警察節) is celebrated on 15 June in honor of the Police Law promulgated and implemented since 1952 based on the Constitution of the Republic of China. [30] [31]
In Thailand, National Police Day (Thai : วันตำรวจ, Wan Tamruat) is celebrated on 17 October in honor of the Royal Thai Police. This was the day of the announcement of the merger of the city and provincial police forces of then Siam in 1915 the current day RTP. The first official police day ceremony was held on 13 October 1949, which continued as a practice until 1957, after which the parade ceremony was suspended On Police Day in 1952, a ceremony of police officers in front of Bhumibol Adulyadej took place at Dusit Palace Palace with a Presentation of Colours ceremony took place. In 2016, National Police Day was not celebrated on its normal date due to the passing of Rama IX that same day. [32] [33]
Ukraine celebrates National Police Day (Ukrainian : День Національної поліції) on 4 July. [34] It commemorates the suspension of law enforcement duties by the Ukrainian Militsiya (Ukraine) and the establishment of the National Police of Ukraine. It also coincides with the first oath of patrol policemen on Sofia Square in Kyiv. The holiday was introduced and first celebrated in August 2015 and was celebrated on that day ever since until President Petro Poroshenko by decree on 4 April 2018 declared that National Police Day be celebrated annually on 4 July, and become a national holiday. [35]
The United Kingdom celebrates annually National Police Memorial Day (NPMD) in honor of its fallen policemen. It was inaugurated by Joe Holness, following the killing of Kent police officer Jon Odell, in December 2000. It is an official national day and is celebrated throughout the 4 constituent countries. The NPMD is sponsored by the British Government and the Royal Family of the United Kingdom, with Charles, Prince of Wales even becoming patron in 2006. [36] It commemorated on 29 September, the day Odell was killed. [37]
Unlike most countries, the United States marks three service days to honor men and women of the federal, state, county and local city and municipal police services, the fallen of these organizations and veterans of law enforcement.
National Police Memorial Day is observed in the United States on May 15 to pay tribute to the local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who have died/or permanently disabled, in the line of duty. It also coincides with National Police Week, which is the calendar week in which the memorial falls. The event is sponsored by the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and includes an annual Blue Mass, a drill competition, [38] a Wreath Laying Ceremony and a National Police Survivors Conference. [39] The holiday was first celebrated in 1962 and is defacto the official Police Day of the United States.
On January 9, citizens help commemorate National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. [40] October 28 is marked as National First Responders Day, which celebrates all members of the federal level and regional police, as well as firefighters, paramedics, and emergency dispatchers. The United States Senate designated National First Responders Day in 2017, being introduced by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tom Cotton, as well as Representatives Mark Meadows, Michael Capuano and Elijah Cummings. [41] [42]
While May 15 is marked as a national working holiday, the day is also marked as the general celebration day for state, county, city and municipal police forces. These police forces still mark their respective foundation days, while sharing in the national celebration.
The federal law enforcement services also mark their individual anniversaries:
Among the overseas territories, the following also celebrate their anniversaries:
Vietnam celebrates National Police Day on 19 August. It commemorates the foundation of Vietnam People's Public Security, the national law enforcement force of Vietnam, in 1945 and also commemorates the August Revolution of the same date.
The National Day of the Republic of China, also referred to as Double Ten Day or Double Tenth Day, is a public holiday on 10 October, now held annually as national day in the Republic of China. It commemorates the start of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 which ultimately led to the collapse of the imperial Qing dynasty, ending 2,133 years of imperial rule of China since the Qin dynasty and establishment of the Republic of China on 1 January 1912. The day was once held as public holiday in mainland China during the Mainland Period of the ROC before 1949. The subsequent People's Republic of China continues to observe the Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution at the same date but not as a public holiday, which put more emphasis on its revolutionary characteristics as commemoration of a historical event rather than celebration to the founding of the Republic of China.
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May. Russia and some former Soviet countries celebrate on 9 May, as Germany's unconditional surrender entered into force at 23:01 on 8 May Central European Time; this corresponded with 00:01 on 9 May in Moscow Time.
Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945. The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin. Although the official inauguration occurred in 1945, the holiday became a non-labor day only in 1965, and only in certain Soviet republics.
A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvering known as drilling or marching. Large military parades are today held on major holidays and military events around the world. Massed parades may also hold a role for propaganda purposes, being used to exhibit the apparent military strength of a country.
Many nations around the world observe some kind of Armed Forces Day to honor their military forces. This day is not to be confused with Veterans Day or Memorial Day.
The following is the list of official public holidays recognized by the Government of Russia. On these days, government offices, embassies and some shops, are closed. If the date of observance falls on a weekend, the following Monday will be a day off in lieu of the holiday.
Defender of the Fatherland Day is a holiday observed in Russia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. It is celebrated on 23 February, except in Kazakhstan, where it is celebrated on 7 May. Ukraine abolished the holiday starting 1992 and, after the Revolution of Dignity, has instated the somewhat similar Defender of Ukraine Day on 14 October.
The Police of the Republic of Armenia is the national police of Armenia.
Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oghlu Abiyev was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2013. He was considered one of the longest serving defense ministers in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan is an Azerbaijani government ministry for internal affairs, which is responsible for keeping the order, security and safety of population, officials, buildings and structures in the country. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan is appointed and removed from the post by the Commander-in-chief of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, the President of Azerbaijan.
Najmeddin Huseyn oghlu Sadikov is an Azerbaijani Colonel General who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan. He was appointed to both positions on 2 November 1993 by President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev. On 28 January 2021 it was announced that he is no longer serving as the chief of staff, and Karim Valiyev took his position on 23 July of that year.
Several nations with an armed forces observe an Air Force Day or Day of the Air Force as a military holiday to recognize their country's air force. These holidays often hold the same status as any military's Armed Forces Day.
Armed Forces Day, known also as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces, is a national holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in Poland, commemorating the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Soviet Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War. Armed Forces Day is held in conjunction with the Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, itself a separate public holiday. The event is marked by military parades, equipment reviews, showcases and remembrances by all branches of the Polish Armed Forces across the country. One of the most prominent events of the day is in the capital Warsaw, which hosts a large military parade through the city's center. Originally celebrated during the Second Republic, the holiday was barred by authorities during the communist era beginning in 1947, only to be revived again in 1992.
Victory Day over Nazism in World War II was a national holiday and a non-working day in Ukraine from 2015 to 2023.
The Day of the State Flag of Azerbaijan is a national holiday in Azerbaijan that is celebrated annually on November 9. State Flag Day was established in 2009 by order of President Ilham Aliyev to commemorate the anniversary of adoption of "The Tricolour Flag" as the flag of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918. It has been celebrated as a non-working public holiday ever since.
The Day of the Police of Belarus is a professional holiday of the Belarusian police (Militsiya). On 4 March 1917, Bolshevik politician and icon Mikhail Frunze was appointed the chief of the militia of the city of Minsk. This date is considered to be the birthday of the Belarusian police. The holiday was officially approved by decree of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on 26 March 1998.
Victory Day parades are common military parades that are held on 9 May in some post-Soviet nations, primarily Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and formerly Ukraine. They are usually held to honor the traditional Victory Day holiday. In 2015, the Ukrainian government renamed the holiday as "Victory Day over Nazism in World War II" as part of decommunization laws and in 2023 moved the holiday to 8 May.
Border Guards Day, also known as Frontier Guards Day is a former Soviet holiday that celebrates the border guard services of Russia and former Soviet republics. It is currently observed in Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan on 28 May - the anniversary of the formation of the Soviet Border Troops in 1918.
Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day, commonly known outside Russia as the Day of the Police is a public holiday celebrated in Russia and most post-Soviet republics which honors all those serving in their national police. Russia, the most notable country to celebrate the holiday, was a pioneer in this celebration, using the occasion to honor the Police of Russia.
Shushi Liberation Day is a national holiday celebrated in Armenia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. It is commemorated on both 8 and 9 May as a way to celebrate the anniversary of the Capture of Shushi and the Siege of Stepanakert from Azerbaijani forces in 1992. Being both former Soviet republics, the holiday also commemorates the traditional Victory Day celebrations on 9 May, commemorating the surrender of Nazi Germany at the end of the Great Patriotic War in 1945. The holiday serves as the official holiday of the Artsakh Defense Army, which was established on this day.
On April 5, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution recognizing the holiday, on the Friday before National Police Week, from Sunday, May 14 through Saturday, May 20, 2023