Polish military police

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

Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

Polish military police traces its history to the communist era Internal Military Service (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), WWII-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.

[edit] Structure

The Polish military police is organized into:

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

The current commander is general Marek Witczak.

[edit] See also

• gendarmerie

[edit] External links

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