Police Training Establishments
The Policja has five training establishments sited within Poland. Four of these training establishments are police schools for enlisted personnel, whilst the fifth is a higher educational institution tasked with the education of officers and senior officials in a range of disciplines and expertises. The four junior colleges are located in:
- Piła, Greater Poland Voivodeship - Piła Police School (Szkoła Policji w Pile)
- Słupsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship - Słupsk Police School (Szkoła Policji w Słupsku)
- Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship - Katowice Police School (Szkoła Policji w Katowicach)
- Legionowo, Masovian Voivodeship - Police Training Centre (Centrum Szkolenia Policji)
The final police training establishment in Poland is the Wyższa Szkoła Policji or Higher Police School in Szczytno (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship). This school was founded in 1954 as the officer academy of the Milicja Obywatelska, renamed in 1972 to the Higher Militia School, the college finally became the Higher Police School upon Poland's return to liberal democracy in 1990. Since then it has remained the only establishment in the country certified to run courses for commissioned officers of the Polish police, and the officer's commissioning course. All students who attend the Higher Police School are expected to study criminal, constitutional and economic law. In addition to academic studies, officer candidates are trained in modern policing techniques, weapons' handling, and informatics. The college has numerous links with senior police academies in Europe and throughout the wider world.
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