Szymczyk leaves the position of head of the KGB. The temporary chief will be the commander of the battering and the affair with the respirator merchant

General Jarosław Szymczyk decided to resign as Chief of Police. An authoritative farewell to his subordinates will be held on Thursday during a ceremony at the Police Headquarters.

On Thursday, General Insp. Jarosław Szymczyk will cease his duties as Chief of Police. The farewell ceremony with the participation of the Polish Police banner was organized in the presence of management staff and provincial police commanders, representing the full environment of police and employees, as determined by PAP in the Main Headquarters.

"The longest acting Chief of Police since the statutory transformation, Gen. Jarosław Szymczyk, has contributed to the modernization of the Polish Police. During his tenure, the police received yearly increases, purchased the first completely fresh helicopters in history, and besides renewed the transport fleet. General Jarosław Szymczyk besides commanded the Polish Police during crucial events specified as planet Days and securing the NATO Summit. His service fell on a hard period, connected with previously unknown challenges, specified as pandemic or protection of Polish borders" – General Szymczyk's service in KGP was summarised.

The duties of the Chief Chief of Police will be taken over by 1 of General Jarosław Szymczyk's deputies. Despite his resignation, the general will stay in the Police structures, most likely retiring early next year.

Jarosław Szymczyk took over as Chief of Police in 2016.

In his place, the karate, battering, and respirator-trading commander

Following the resignation of Szymczyk, the KGB will temporarily manage the nadinsp. Paweł Dobrodziej, widely known to residents of Warsaw as head of the Police Capital Command from 2017 to 2021. The good, karate enthusiast, samurai swords and discipline, enrolled mostly in past as a KSP commander during intense Women's Strikes.

It was under his direct command and in the area of his work that most of the units that severely suppressed street protests operated, stopped the demonstrators for long hours in the “cats” during the frost, and utilized gas during clashes which embraced MP Barbara Nowacka. He personally oversaw the actions of the officers against the protesters on 18 November 2020, erstwhile under the office of TVP in Warsaw Insurgent Square any of the most violent clashes occurred, and the BOA unit, which utilized a telescopic baton against random people, was peculiarly loud. A week later, the police, invading the premises of the Polytechnic University of Poland at Mokotowski, violated the university's autonomy for the first time since 1968.

For his actions, the then head of the KSP was honored with the anti-feet prize "The Leg from the Table" for 2020. In the justification of our journalists, we read: “For brutal suppression of the stick and the gas of peaceful demonstrations in defence of women’s rights”. This “leg from the stool” was awarded to him by both the jury and our readers. However, the controversy surrounding Paul Dobrodzier did not end there, as he was subject to the global Cooperation Office and the search line in the structures of the KGB. This office was liable for the case of the BOLO concerning the respirators merchant, Andrzej Izdebski, who abruptly died in Albania in July 2022. His data was entered into the search strategy posthumously.

However, the fresh interim commander, the successor of Szymczyk, is expected to exercise his duties only briefly and with large probability will be replaced by a fresh officer, who will be appointed to this position by the fresh Home Minister.