Jaroslaw Szymczyk appointed new police chief
Jaroslaw Szymczyk has been appointed Poland's police chief, Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced during a press conference on Wednesday.
Jaroslaw Szymczyk has been police chief of the Slaskie province since 2012.
Minister Blaszczak stressed it was his job to create appropriate conditions for efficient work of the police, while the new chief's task was to command the police force.
The new head of police was appointed by PM Beata Szydlo at the request of the interior minister.
Among his short-term priorities, Jaroslaw Szymczyk mentioned providing security at July's NATO summit in Warsaw and World Youth Day in Krakow. "Police has been making intensive efforts to be prepared to ensure security to the participants in those two huge events," said the newly-appointed police chief.
Szymczyk added his long-term priority was a new uniformed services bill. He added he did not plan any personal changes in the police headquarters.
Minister Blaszczak thanked the police chief's deputy Andrzej Szymczyk who has been acting head of police for the past two months.
Jaroslaw Szymczyk started his work in the police force in November 1990. From 2005 he was deputy municipal police chief in Gliwice, south Poland, and was later promoted to municipal police chief in Gliwice.
Former police chief Zbigniew Maj resigned his job on February 11 in the wake of slander accusations relating to his earlier service in Kalisz, west Poland. According to Maj, the accusations were unfounded and were a provocation. (PAP)
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