One of the main tasks of the Police is to prevent the committing of criminal offences. Crime prevention is the part of the Police’s activity which aims to reduce the number of crimes and offences committed through preventive and educational programs, aimed particularly at younger people. In the context of crime prevention in the United States of the1960s, the idea of community policing was born. It involves the close cooperation of the Police with members of the local community. Its development began in Poland in the early ‚90s, mainly due to the significant increase in crime, but was very slow. Therefore, compared to Western countries, the idea of community policing, in practical terms, is still in the early stages of development in our country. However, it is already possible to specify numerous examples of its actual occurrence. Community policing requires wise, consistent and constant repetition of actions so that it will have positive effects in the future.
Recently, amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code have been made with unusual frequency. On 1 July 2015, the provisions which made a fundamental remodeling of the criminal procedure came into force. These included innovative regulations for the possibility of applying for compensation from the State Treasury for unjustifiable use of coercive measures, including seizure of property. Although the implementation of these provisions was consistent with the standpoint of the majority of the doctrine, they were only in force for less than ten months. In the motives of the bill, which had removed them from the Code, there was actually no justification for such actions of the legislator. Because they were in force for such a short duration, there is no possibility of assessing their functioning.Such actions of the legislator deserve the highest criticism, because there is an undeniable need to protect persons against whom coercive measures, including seizure of property, were unjustifiably applied.
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