Dresden (Officer school for standby units, "Artur Becker", Dresden (now the headquarters of the State Criminal Office Saxony) Schule für Abschnittsbevollmächtigte (school for the section represented), Wolfen Schule des Nachrichtenwesens (School of Communication), Dommitzsch Spezialschule des MdI für Diensthundewesen — Special School for service dogs, Pretzsch (Elbe) Spezialschule des MdI für medizinische Dienste (im Bezirk Magdeburg ) - Special School of medical services (in the district of Magdeburg) Transportpolizei-Schule (Transport Police School), Halle (Saale) Verkehrspolizei-Schule "Hans Beimler" (Traffic Police School), Magdeburg VP-Schule "Ernst Thälmann", Neustrelitz (since 1984 central service similar school) The Volkspolizei had approximately 80,000 full-time police officers and 177,500 volunteers. With the accession of East Germany to the Federal Republic on 3 October 1990, authority over the police went to the newly created federal jurisdiction. About forty percent of the Volkspolizei employees had to leave the service. Oath The official oath that all Volkspolizei officers swore was: Uniforms With the exception of the , whose grey-green uniforms follow the style of the East German National People’s Army ( - NVA), all services wore the same basic uniform adopted in 1956 when it was officially established. There were various kinds of uniforms, worn according to the work or social situation and differing in material for summer or winter wear. Most uniforms — service, semi-dress, and parade — are gray-green but the transport police wore dark blue. The better quality and texture of the cloth in officers' uniforms distinguished them from the uniforms of enlisted personnel. The field and service uniforms became normal attire in garrison and for most other duty activities. The basic categories of uniforms were field, service, semi-dress, and parade. Field uniforms () were for only the Kasernierte Volkspolizei. The field uniform consisted of the NVA's service uniform. The uniform was worn with a field cap, service cap, or steel helmet; high black boots; and a leather belt with vertical web shoulder suspenders. In the winter, a quilted stone-grey padded suit without a camouflage pattern is worn over the service uniform. The winter uniform also includes a fur pile cap or a steel helmet, boots, knitted grey gloves, belt, and suspenders. The service uniform () was a summer service uniform for officers with a bloused jacket, worn without a shirt, trousers, and a visored service cap. The winter service uniform featured a jacket had four large patch pockets with button-down tabs, worn with a black belt, the