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Due to changing circumstances (new categories of crimes, technological development, information technology, changesin the methods of operation of the Police, etc.), the organisation and functioning of the Polish Police are undergoing continuoustransformation. This also concerns police escort units. The Police, as the formation with the responsibility for taking action to ensurethe safety of the public, are also responsible for the safe transportation of sentenced persons, those temporarily arrested or thosedetained. This requires a number of organisational actions. Escort units that previously were in the organisational structuresof the police units at the district (municipal) level have been integrated into the structures of Voivodeship Police Headquarters(Warsaw City Police Headquarters). When carrying out escort duties, superiors and officers must take into account the possibilityof the occurrence of unusual incidents in escort operations (e.g. escapes, attempts on life or wellbeing, murder, etc.). Therefore, escortunits, which are part of the preventative services, and other services (criminal, investigative), have a duty to carry out an ongoingassessment of the security of all transport carrying an escorted person (those convicted, temporarily arrested or otherwise detained).Too heavy a burden causing fatigue and a lack of alertness in the escorting police officers, poorly organised cooperation withthe Prison Service, insufficient knowledge about the prior behaviour of those escorted and a number of other reasons may resultin an increase in the number of incidents during the execution of escort duties. The following paper aims to show the Polish Policefrom the perspective of the organisational and structural changes taking place, as exemplified by unusual incidents occurring withinthe police escort service. It will outline the most common causes of unusual incidents in such operations. The aim of the study is alsoto present the numbers from the police forces involved and data of the number of those escorted by the police. The contents presentedcover only one area of police work. However, in the Author’s opinion they permit an assessment of the functioning of the Polish Policein terms of dynamics (increase, decrease) of unusual incidents occurring in escort operations.