Public Security Cars Lada (Czechoslovakia) Editorial Image

Public Security - Verejna bezpecnost - was the regular police force of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, created in 1945 as a branch of the National Security Corps (Sbor národní bezpe?nosti). VB vehicles were originally blue with a white line along the side. Later vehicles had panels painted orange and white in a similar pattern to American 'black and whites', which the pattern's designer admitted after the fall of the regime was his inspiration. The full name 'Ve?ejná bezpe?nost' was used with the blue design while later vehicles had only the letters 'VB' written on the white doors.