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Communist-era officers should not be police chiefs: Polish minister

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Paweł Kononczuk 25.10.2016 12:01
Poland’s interior minister said on Tuesday that officers who started their careers in the communist-era police should not hold senior positions in today’s force.
Photo: Flickr.com/Piotr Drabik
Photo: Flickr.com/Piotr Drabik

Mariusz Błaszczak told Polish Radio that over 16 percent of Poland’s police commanders started their careers with the Citizens’ Militia, as the police force was known before the collapse of communism in 1989.

Such officers are gradually leaving their jobs after the conservative Law and Justice party won a landslide victory in Poland’s parliamentary elections exactly a year ago, Błaszczak said.

(pk)

Source: IAR

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