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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY IN POLAND
HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS
Abstract
This article presents the basics of the security system in Poland after the political transformation
in the late 80’s/early 90’s. The development of personal and property security
gained momentum in the 90’s. After the political change, the lack of adequate regulations
for the operation of security companies required the introduction of legal regulations
that systematized the creation and operation of security companies as well as the
requirements for people working in organizations. In Poland, the private security services
sector emerged at the end of the 1980s. The first concessions for performing services
in this area were issued after 1 January 1989 on the basis of the law on economic
activity. Until the entry into force of the law on the protection of persons and property,
the private security sector operated, inter alia, on the basis of the provisions of the
aforementioned law on economic activity and the criminal code.1 Due to the changes
occurring both in the law and in terms of changing hazards, the regulations did not
correspond to the new socio-economic reality of the 1990s. As a result, on 22 August
1997, the lower house of parliament of the Republic of Poland passed an act on the protection
of persons and property. The ‘privatisation of security’ is, one of the means for
improving public safety. The private security sector contributes significantly to improving
security, but only if appropriate legislative solutions are in place and proper control
is exercised over the activities of this sector.
Keywords:
security, public security, license, concession, protection of persons and propertyMost read articles by the same author(s)
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