An emblem of Policja

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 approximately 100,000 people. Among the departments in the force are , Municipal police services, Highway Patrol service, the administration activity services, the Safety service, the service for investigating corruption and serious commercial crimes, the rapid response team, the railway police service and the air service

Transportation

Today, most common types include various models from Škoda, Volkswagen, Opel and other. Traditionally, they are painted in dark blue with white stripes and the word "POLICJA" on both sides. However, currently (2007), in an attempt to conform to EU standards, the scheme is being modified to silver/blue (similar to modern German police cars).

Historical secret police organizations

• Służba Bezpieczeństwa (SB)

See also

• Milicja Obywatelska (MO)
• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration of the Republic of Poland (Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji)
• Polish Police Headquarters

External links

• http://www.policja.pl

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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