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Imprisonment Places Department
State Protection Service

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Imprisonment Places Department

from <www.sense.lv/flags_standards.htm> (defunct), located by Dov Gutterman, 5 September 1999

This inscription means: "Imprisonment places department"
Gvido Petersons, 6 September 1999

State Protection Service

by Jens Pattke, 22 August 2003

Coat of Arms
from <www.pd.gov.lv>

From <www.pd.gov.lv>:
"The State Protection Service (abbrev VAD) is a part of The State Police of the Republic of Latvia. The primary mission of the State Protection Service is to provide protection for:
- Very Important Objects of the Republic of Latvia,
- Cabinet of Ministers,
- Foreign Embassies,
- Foreign Consulates,
- Foreign residences,
VAD was established on January 16, 1995. It's personnel is more than 800 police officers...
VAD motto: "Vigilance is our force."
VAD has it's own Standard. On the VAD coat of arms you can see an aureate griffin - a lion with the head of an eagle - which symbolises vigilance."
Dov Gutterman, 7 August 2002

The State (Valsts) Guarding / Safekeeping (Apsardzes) Service (Dienests) of the Republic o