Kriszta Satori
#Russia has one of the largest #police forces in the world, employing over 900,000 officers to serve a population of 146 million, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. It has nearly 630 officers per 100,000 people - more than double the US or the UK. And they are quitting in droves - a good read, by #BBCRussian 's Olesya Gerasimenko
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66924404
Russia police crisis: Burned out, disappointed and demoralised

Russia's police force is in crisis, with officers are quitting to become taxi-drivers and couriers.

BBC News
Oct 1, 2023 at 6:26amWeb
Show threadJ.H.NoyesOct 1, 2023

@fulelo

Russia meat-grindered all of its schlubs and now domestic security forces are leaving law enforcement to fill the schlub-sized holes in the labor market. Nothing another mobilization can't fix.

Are you sure they haven't been sending police to the front?

Show threadAhoOct 1, 2023

@noyes @fulelo some OMON/ОМОН forces has been sent to Ukraine to die, this was confirmed already in March 2022 when a number of the police officers was taken as POW by Ukraine.

By the way, Russia has a long way to get the crown of having the most police per capita, they need to beat 15439 per 100000 which the Vatican City has (sure just a handful Gendarme to protect 1000 persons).