Military Police (Kazakhstan)

The Military Police of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Қарулы Күштері Әскери полициясы, Russian: Военная полиция Вооруженных Сил Республики Казахстан) is the military police branch of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

[1] The first military police units were established in accordance with the directive of General of the army Mukhtar Altynbayev on March 6, 1997.

This was done as part of a reform the system of national law enforcement agencies within Kazakhstan, which had only declared its independence six months before.

[3] Two years later, military police units were formed as part of the Border Service of the National Security Committee and the Internal Troops of Kazakhstan.

[6] The overall uniform of the military police consists of the following variants:[7] All three have a summer and winter version to accommodate any type of weather.

A BTR-80 of the military police.
A Colonel in the military police in the casual uniform.