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

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