Military Gendarmerie

Main articles: Law enforcement in Poland and Polish Land Forces

Military Gendarmerie Żandarmeria Wojskowa
Abbreviation	ŻW
Logo of the Military Gendarmerie.
Agency overview
Formed	1990
Preceding agency	Internal Military Service
Annual budget	228 062 000 PLN
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
General nature	Law enforcement Military provost
Operational structure
Sworn members	4500
Agency executive	Mirosław Rozmus, Brigadier General
Facilities
Stations	45
Website
http://www.zw.wp.mil.pl/

The Military Gendarmerie (Polish: Żandarmeria Wojskowa, abbreviated ŻW) is a military provost formation created in 1990 in Poland.

History

Polish military police traces its history to the communist era Military Internal Service (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), World War II-era Service for Protection of the Uprising (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Ochrony Powstania), interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic, formations of the January and November Uprising, Duchy of Warsaw and finally, some officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first created in early 17th century.

Structure

The Polish military police is organized into:

• Headquarters
• 3 special units
• 10 units
• 2 departments
• 45 regional stations

Commanders

The current commander is brigadier general Mirosław Rozmus.

• gen. bryg. Jerzy Jarosz (1 IX 1990 – 20 II 1992)
• płk dypl. Henryk Piątkowski (11 III 1992 – 1 IV 1993)
• gen. bryg. Alfons Kupis (1 IV 1993 – 24 VII 2000)
• gen. dyw. Jerzy Słowiński (1 VIII 2000 – 30 VII 2003)
• gen. dyw. Bogusław Pacek (31 VII 2003 – 3 X 2006)
• gen. dyw. Jan Żukowski (3 X 2006 – 1 I 2008)
• gen. bryg. Marek Witczak (2 I 2008 - 17 XII 2010)
• gen. bryg. Mirosław Rozmus (od 17 XII 2010)

See also

• Gendarmerie
• European Gendarmerie Force

External links

• (Polish) Official pages
• (Polish) Żandarmeria Wojskowa