Policja

Polish police logo

Policja car in Warsaw

The police force in Poland is called policja. It was created in 1990 and has about 100,000 officers. Every Polish region has its own police department, and Warsaw has a separate department, called the Capital Police Command (Komenda Stołeczna Policji). It also counts the employees of BOA/SPAP, special police units. Most of the towns and some villages in Poland also have their city guards, which provide help to the police.

The Polish Police Headquarters is located in Warsaw. Polish police schools are located in Piła, Słupsk, Katowice, and Legionowo.

Previous Polish police was called Milicja Obywatelska, it was active during the Polish Peoples Republic.

Policja Media

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  A pair of uniformed officers of the Policja

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  An officer of the State Police on traffic duty in Warsaw during German occupation, 1939

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  Service vehicles of the Polish police in current (2009 onwards) livery, with a highways duty policeman in the new uniform (2009 onwards)

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  BMW 3 Series used as a patrol car for the Polish police, which entered service in 2019

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  Alfa Romeo 159 policja

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  Radiowozy BMW serii 3 sedan rozpoczęły służbę w czerwcu 2019 r. Są to pierwsze w historii samochody tej marki w barwach polskiej policji. Do tej pory BMW służyły jako radiowozy nieoznakowane. Zakupiono 51 sztuk BMW serii 3 sedan jako oznakowane oraz 31 BMW serii 3 Gran Turismo które będą radiowozami nieoznakowanymi

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  A PZL W-3 helicopter belonging to the Policja's Capital Command, based in Warsaw

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  Police station, Szczecin

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  Police station in Józefów