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German police in Poland. Shocking information from the Polish Ministry of Interior
03.04.2015 16:05
The subject of the multiple presence of German police services in Poland caused controversy and many questions from journalists and border residents. There is latest information on this issue from the Polish Ministry of the Interior; it can origin quite a few confusion.
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German police in Poland
The subject of German police presence in Poland became public after Aleksandra Fedorska, a journalist, among others, Tysol.pl and the editor-in-chief of Radio Debate, addressed a question to the German police station in Ludwigsdorf. It afraid the presence of a German police car, which patrolled the Polish side of the bridge in Zgorzelec.
In response, the German services referred to an agreement between the Polish and German Government of May 2014 concerning cooperation between police, border guards and customs services. According to information provided by the German authorities, the principles of this cooperation have been laid down in the German authoritative diary of the Laws.
Powers of German Services in Poland
It turns out that in fact the Polish-German agreement of 2014 gives German services extended powers in the territory of Poland.
Within common patrols may include:
- identify persons,
- to check identity papers and vehicles,
- detain Polish citizens,
- patrol the border area,
- carry out customs checks,
- to check identity papers and vehicles,
- detain Polish citizens,
- patrol the border area,
- carry out customs checks,
German services – with approval of the Polish side
– may operate under cover and
- establish border inspection posts in Poland
However, the point is that in order for the German police to be able to carry out these activities – in accordance with Article 5 of the 2014 Agreement – the Polish services must first send a written request to the German services.
The Polish request is simply a fundamental condition for German police to take any action in Poland.
Shocking information from the Ministry of Interior
Meanwhile, Thursday ed. Aleksandra Fedorska published information showing that German police are likely to execute activities in Poland without the cognition and approval of the Polish authorities. Therefore, she called to paper all German police car in Poland.
Not a single application for assistance in the sense of Article 5 of the Agreement of May 2015 was sent to the German side from the provincial structures of the West Pomeranian and Lower Silesian regions.
ed. Fedorska, who adds that Monika Rutke – besides writer Tysol.pl – reached the information.
We read that only the Provincial Police office in Gorzów Wielkopolski via the Polish-German Centre for the Cooperation of Border, Police and Customs Services in Świecka and the global Police Cooperation squad of the Department of Criminal Intelligence in Gorzów Wlkp. directs to the German side a request for assistance, but mainly in the information context – in the first 4th of 2025 there were over 400 of them.
Document all German police car in the PL - we cannot regulation out that they are here in our country without the cognition of our Polish authorities !!! (...)
Document all German police car in the PL - we cannot regulation out that they are here in our country without the cognition of our Polish authorities !!! (...)
Please pay peculiar attention to Zgorzelec, Kołbaskowo and Tuplice! paper all German police entry into Poland and send us or print us on X! Also, compose down the registration numbers of these vehicles
– calls Aleksandra Fedorska.
– calls Aleksandra Fedorska.
German police in Poland. Shocking information from the Polish Ministry of Interior
