| Police Policja |
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| Formed | 1919 |
| Preceding agency | Milicja Obywatelska (Citizens' Militia) |
| Employees | 103.309 (officers) 12.000 (civilians) |
| Annual budget | 9.3 bln PLN (2009) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| National agency | PL |
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| Headquarters | Warsaw |
| Minister responsible | Grzegorz Schetyna, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji) |
| Agency executive | gen. insp. Andrzej Matejuk, Commander in Chief of Police (Komendant Główny Policji) |
| Regional HQs | 17 + 5 training centers |
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| Policja (English) | |
Policja is the generic name for the police in Poland. The Polish police force was known as policja throughout the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), and in modern post-communist Republic of Poland since 1990. Its current size is 103.309 officers and ca. 12.000 civilian employees . Among the branches in the force are: Criminal service, Traffic Police services, Prevention Service and Supporting Service. Most towns and some villages have its own City guard, which supervises public order and road safety; however City guard have jurisdiction only over misdemeanours and in cases of crimes may serve only supportive role for the state police.
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Transportation
Today, most common types include various models from Kia (Cee'd model - ca. 4000 in use) Škoda (mainly Octavia), Opel (mainly Opel Astra), FSO Polonez (manufactured in Poland) is no longer in use.
The roadway patrol cars, very widely used: marked and unmarked Opel Vectra, Kia cee'd, unmarked Ford Mondeo, unmarked Renault Megane, and VW Transporter fitted as mobile offices for investigation of road accidents.
Painting scheme is being modified now (2009) to silver body with blue reflective strip (similar to modern German police cars) Traditionally, they were painted in dark blue (with side doors painted in white) with white stripe and the word "POLICJA" on both sides. Earlier version (used at the beginning of 1990's) had a thinner stripe with word "POLICJA" written under it (it was adopted from communistic Milicja paint scheme, some examples even had visible traces of the world "POLICJA" being corrected from "MILICJA", with two first letters in different shade of white, on a patch of different shade of blue). .
Equipment
Handguns:
- Walther P99 (manufactured in Poland in Łucznik Arms Factory under licence
- Glock-17
- Glock-19
- Glock-26
- P-83 Wanad
- P-64
- CZ-75 (limited use)
- Gward (virtually phased out)
- Taurus (virtually phased out)
Sub-machine guns
- PM-84 Glauberyt
- PM-98 Glauberyt
- H&K MP5 (limited use)
- H&K UMP (9mm variant, limited use)
- IMI Uzi (limited use)
- FN P-90 (limited use)
- PM-63 RAK ( virtually phased out)
Assault rifles
Sniper rifles
Grenade launchers
Shotguns
- Mossberg (590 model)
- Remington (870 MCS)
- Hatsan (Escort model)
- Benelli M3 ( limited use)
 Old Polish Police car (FSO Polonez) in old scheme with white side doors |
 New Polish Police Car Nissan X-Trail in new scheme |
 Mounted Police officer in Poznań near the Adam Mickiewicz University |
 Polish Police officer from anti-riots units before the football match in Warsaw |
 Two policemen during the patrol of Old Market Square in Kraków |
Historical secret police organizations
Cricitism of Policja
There is considerable criticism of Policja, especially by young Polish hooligans. This is most commonly expressed with the HWDP or ChWDP acronym. The Polish hooligans, and other Polish young people, maintain, that the current Polish police is corrupted, abusive, and too aggressive.
See also
- Milicja Obywatelska (MO)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration of the Republic of Poland (Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji)
- Polish Police Headquarters
References
- ^ Journal of Laws of the General Headquarters of Police, 2006, January 23
External links
Further reading
- Andrzej Kremplewski, The Police and Non-Governmental Organizations in Poland, in András Kádár (ed.), Police in Transition: Essays on the Police Forces in Transition Countries, Central European University Press, 2001, ISBN 9639241156
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