Where we got the name.

   ZOMO - Zmotoryzowane Oddzialy Milicji Obywatelskiej / Motorized Units of Civil Militia




   Zomo Members Arrested For Martial Law Deaths. Three former members of the disbanded ZOMO riot police were arrested on 10 April under suspicion of having caused the death of nine miners in December 1981, Polish and Western media reported. ZOMO troops stormed the Wujek coal mine to put down a strike after the declaration of martial law. A justice ministry spokesman also announced that the three generals from the former security police who were arrested in January for burning police files after the fall of communism would be brought to trial soon. The documents concerned investigations of the Catholic clergy and the opposition movement. (Roman Stefanowski)

   ZOMO was a military police during the time of communism in Poland. They controlled riots. They had tanks and those tanks that had wheels not treads (sorry but I don't know the proper term.) They were not feared if you were in a big mob. If you were alone you would run for your life. They had those fiberglass shield thingies and night sticks. Their guns also hurt a lot when they shot you for no damn reason.