EU-HYBNET
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National Police Headquarters
The supervising authority of Polish Police is the National Police Headquarters headed by the Commander-in-Chief of Police. The Commander-in-Chief is supported by three deputies, responsible for prevention, criminal affairs and logistics respectively.
The Commander-in-Chief of Police supervises directly the Commander-in-Chief of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police and 16 Provincial Commanders; they supervise the work of municipal and county police commanders, who are responsible for the work of police officers in police stations.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Police is a central organ of government administration competent in matters of protecting human security and maintaining public security and order, subordinate to the minister in charge of internal affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND DEFENCE PREPARATIONS OF THE POLICE (NPH)
Departmental tasks:
- working out and implementing system solutions for Police organisational units within the scope of crisis management, rescue and civil protection, as well as defence preparations;
- developing, updating emergency response procedures and plans;
- developing the principles of police protection of critical infrastructure;
- initiating, planning and supervising in the Police organisational units of defence preparations for the time of threat to national security and war;
- coordinating, organizing and conducting trainings and exercises with national and international entities in the field of crisis management and preparing the Police to function in states of emergency;
- coordinating and supervising the preparation of negotiators for police negotiations and negotiation activities;
- coordinating the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Police.
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