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18.01.2022

International scientific conference: „Police formations in Poland in comparison to European security and public safety services”

The Institute of National Remembrance, Sub-Branch in Kielce, Edward Lipiński School of Economics, Law and Medical Sciences in Kielce and Vinnitsa Cooperative Institute cordially invite you to participate in:

 

international scientific conference:

„Police formations in Poland in comparison to European security and public safety services”

 

Kielce, 30 May 2022

Auditorium of the University of Economics, Law and Medical Sciences in Kielce

The objectives of the conference are focused on the exchange of views, opinions and experiences of representatives of the world of science and European police authorities. The main subject of the speeches will be the analysis and broadening of knowledge about public order services, cooperation with judiciary institutions, the legal systems in force and the tasks and roles they play in the policy of strengthening the state system. In addition, presentations will be held on individual attitudes of representatives of security forces, also in regional aspects. It is also important to characterise the existing scientific output and to indicate or verify the available sources concerning the dependence of police authorities on the legal and constitutional model of the state and the ideologisation of police officers. It will also be important to show how police authorities are used to silence individuals and organizations that oppose the imposition of undemocratic political solutions on society.  An added value will be to outline new areas of research on this topic.

We hope that the subject matter of the conference will meet with your interest.

State Police in 1919–1939

  • Origin of the State Police and its organisational development
  • Building of public order structures in particular parts of the Second Republic
  • Analysis of legal acts constituting the SP
  • Role of SP in shaping a new state and ensuring public order
  • State of citizens' safety and level of confidence in SP activities
  • System of professional preparation and training in SP
  • Practical activity of SP, strategy, tactics, equipment, work efficiency
  • Social and national origin of SP officers
  • Political attitudes, views and ideological awareness of officers
  • Profiles of SP officers of particular merit for this formation
  • Officers of the State Police as victims of Stalinist crimes
  • Repressions against SP officers and their families during the People's Republic of Poland
  • Cooperation of SP with other European police formations in fighting crime
  • Activity of SP in combating hostile actions directed against state security

 

Police formations in occupied Poland during the Second World War

  • Poles in the uniformed services of other countries - the Polish Police of the General Government, the "Blue Police", "Criminal Police"
  • Between "collaboration" and service to society
  • Participation of "Blue" officers in underground state structures and other partisan formations
  • The scale of betrayal of the ethos of an SP officer (common crime, conscious servitude to the occupant, participation in the extermination of society)
  • The "Blue Police" in post-war propaganda
  • State Security Corps in the years 1939-1945: structures, people, tasks

 

Police forces in communist Poland. The Civic Militia and its individual formations in the years 1945-1990

  • The genesis of the Civic Militia (Milicja Obywatelska – MO) and its organisational development
  • Building of public order structures in particular parts of the country
  • Analysis of legal acts constituting the Militia
  • The role of MO in shaping a new state system and ensuring public order
  • The state of citizens' security and the level of confidence in the activities of MO
  • System of professional preparation and training in MO
  • Practical activity of MO, strategy, tactics, equipment, work efficiency
  • Social and national origins of MO officers
  • Political attitudes, views and ideological awareness of MO officers
  • Profiles of MO officers of particular merit for the formation
  • Political indoctrination in the ranks of the Militia of the People's Republic of Poland and the People's Republic of Poland, goals, tasks, forms, effects, consequences
  • MO, ORMO, ZOMO, ROMO, NOMO - formations serving society or those in power?
  • Trade Union of Civic Militia Officers
  • „Departmental” sport

 

Police in 1990–2020

  • Foundation of the police, changes and its organizational development
  • Transformation of police structures in particular parts of the country
  • Analysis of legal acts constituting the police
  • The role of the police in shaping a new state and ensuring public order
  • The state of citizens' safety and the level of confidence in the activities of the police
  • The system of professional preparation and training in the police
  • Practical police activity, strategy, tactics, equipment, work efficiency
  • Social and national origin of police officers
  • Political attitudes, views and ideological awareness of police officers
  • Profiles of police officers of particular merit for this formation
  • Equipment and the use of new technologies by the Police
  • Changes in the way police units are managed
  • International Police Association (IPA) Poland
  • Trade Union of Police, legal and social aspects

 

 

Additional topics for foreign speakers

  • Transformation of police authorities in individual European states
  • Legal and organisational models for the police
  • Ideologisation and political indoctrination of police
  • The use of officers to fight against society
  • Police officers as victims of the communist regime
  • Problems of settlements (questions of legal responsibility) in police in periods of legal and systemic transformations for crimes committed by police officers during their service

Conference date: 30 May 2022

Depending on the number of applications received, a two-day conference may be organised, i.e. 30-31 May 2022. (in stationary or on-line form).

 

Organizers: Institute of National Remembrance, Sub-Branch in Kielce, Faculty of Law at the Edward Lipiński School of Economics, Law and Medical Sciences in Kielce

Co-organizer: Vinnitsa Cooperative Institute

 

Place: Prof. Edward Lipiński University of Economics, Law and Medical Sciences in Kielce, 109 A Jagiellońska Street, 25-734 Kielce

 

Chair of the conference:

- Head of the IPN, Sub-Branch in Kielce – dr Dorota Koczwańska-Kalita

- Dean of the Faculty of Law and Security – dr Waldemar Cisowski

- Vice-Rector for Science and Methodological Work of Vinnitsa Cooperative Institute - dr Lyudmila Dybchuk

 

Conference secretaries:

dr Dariusz Palacz, tel. 600 361495, darek.palacz@wp.pl

dr Marzena Grosicka, tel. 41 340 50 67, marzena.grosicka@ipn.gov.pl

 

Participation is free of charge

Applications, including the topic of the speech and the full text in Polish, should be sent to the following address: Faculty of Law of the Edward Lipiński University of Economics, Law and Medical Sciences in Kielce 109 A Jagiellońska Street, 25-734 Kielce, Tel. /041/ 3451313, e-mail: darek.palacz@wp.pl or marzena.grosicka@ipn.gov.pl

 

The deadline for registration for the conference is 31 March 2022.

The text of the paper is until 30 April 2022.

The organisers will ensure the publication of the book resulting from the conference, which will appear in print. Therefore, full texts in Polish, supplemented by the results of discussions, should be submitted to the secretaries by 30 June 2021.

The organisers reserve the right to select the submissions and texts sent for print.

 

Submissions without the text of the paper will not be accepted.


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