The thought of equalising the first wage in services subordinate to the Ministry of Interior and Administration with enlistment of professional soldiers came in mid-March. It was announced by the then head of the department Marcin Kierwiński, who assessed – on the example of the Police, that "**the service is completely uncompetitive, for example with service in the military**". “To be honest, this is completely illogical, so we will change this too,” he explained.