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Poland in the system of international cooperation in the scope of physical elimination of terrorism in the European Union

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Zubrzycki W.
Internal Security
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2010
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vol. 2(1)
65-74
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Terrorism is considered to be one of the biggest threats not only to local, but also to worldwide security. The article presents legal basis for fighting terrorism in the European Union as wells as the definition of a terrorist act in the Polish legislation. Compared to the police system of physical combatting terrorism in Poland, the most essential element of which is the Anti-terrorist Operation Office at the National Police Headquarters, cooperation between the European Union Member States in this area is presented. The author describes the history, aims, possibilities and particular stages of the cooperation within the ATLAS group. Its members are the leaders of all central anti-terrorist units of the Union states. It also shows legal regulations which facilitate cooperation of the European Union police special units. In this context, it presents legal possibilities for Polish police officers to take part in missions abroad and the assumptions which make it possible to adjust the Polish law to the Union regulations. Cooperating among anti-terrorist units, which is discussed in this article, includes training cooperation and information exchange, as well as assistance in solving a crisis situation in one of the Member States. It is an important instrument used to strengthen the security of the united Europe.
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Bureau of Antiterrorist Operations — The Polish Police Counter Terrorist Unit as Compared to European Units

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Jaloszynski K., Wlodkowic P.
Internal Security
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2010
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vol. 2(1)
53-64
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The article features the Polish police antiterrorist unit. It tells the story of the terrorist attack at the Munich Olympics on 5 Sept. 1972, which is regarded as the beginning of counter-terrorist squads’ history. The article also gives the historical background to creating such units in Poland and discusses the first Polish antiterrorist unit established in 976. Readers’ attention is drawn to the social and political transformations initiated in Poland and introduced in the Eastern Bloc countries in the early 1990’s, which resulted in totalitarian regime being replaced by democracy. The developments at the beginning of the 21st c. - the WTC terrorist attack in New York and the Pentagon attack in Washington - drastically changed the approach to fighting terrorism worldwide and started the analysis of the existing solutions. Following the analysis a decision was taken in Poland to reorganise in 2003 the Warsaw antiterrorist unit into two departments of the Central Bureau of Investigation at the National Police HQ as a functional equivalent of the Central Antiterrorist Unit. At the end of 2006 next steps were taken to rationalise the existing system and to create a strong and efficient antiterrorist unit capable of tackling the challenges and threats from contemporary terrorism. For over two years new solutions were sought for to establish a central antiterrorist unit, and the only reasonable solution turned out to be the Bureau of Antiterrorist Operations at the National Police HQ formed in 2008 as a central counter-terrorist unit.
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