1990 - 2001
29-01-2001 | Following the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Regulations of the Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs were approved |
27-10-2000 | The Law on the Police Activity was passed |
02-10-1998 | The eightieth anniversary of the establishment of the Lithuanian Police. A new flag of the police was consecrated |
1997 | The Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was reorganised into the Police Department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs |
10-1995 | At the conference of IP A in Vienna the Lithuanian Department was officially accepted into the International Association of Police |
10-1993 | The Association of the Lithuanian Police was established |
30-11-1991 | Lithuania's membership in the international police organisation Interpol was restored. The Interpol Lithuanian National Bureau (ILNB) was established |
31-07-1991 | Police and customs employees were killed in Medininkai border post |
1991 | A new emblem of the police was approved. On October 2, the flag of the police was consecrated in the Arch-Cathedral |
04-04-1991 | The Rapid Response Team ARAS was established |
30-01-1991 | The bodies of the interior system in Lithuania were named to police units of cities and districts |
30-01-1991 | The militia sub-unit of the special purpose OMON was abolished by the decree of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania |
11-12-1990 | The Law on Police was passed |
Last updated: 04-12-2023