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Jarosław Szymczyk
Szymczyk in 2019
Commander-in-Chief of Police
In office
13 April 2016 – 7 December 2023
Appointed byBeata Szydło, PM
Minister
Personal details
BornJarosław Jakub Szymczyk
(1970-03-21) 21 March 1970 (age 54)
Katowice, Poland
Police career
ServicePolice of Poland
Service years1990–2023
RankInspector General

Jarosław Jakub Szymczyk (born 21 March 1970 in Katowice) is a Polish police officer in rank of Inspector General, who served as the Commander-in-Chief of Police between 2016 and 2023.

His police career started in 1990. In the years 2007–2008 he was the provincial police commander in Rzeszów. In 2008–2012, he was the deputy provincial police commander in Katowice. In 2012–2015, he was the provincial police commander in Kielce, and in the years 2015–2016, the provincial police commander in Katowice.

In 2022, Szymczyk gained notoriety for being involved in an incident, in which a Ukrainian grenade launcher he had been gifted when visiting the country during the Russian invasion was apparently accidentally mishandled by himself in his office in Warsaw, leading to him being hospitalised with minor injuries. On 30 September 2024, Szymczyk was charged with illegal importation and unintentional endangerment over the incident. The charges came after Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition assumed power from the PiS who were accused of covering up the incident and protecting Szymczyk.

References

  1. "gen.insp. dr Jarosław Szymczyk - O Policji - Portal polskiej Policji". info.policja.pl. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. "gen. insp. Jarosław Szymczyk". isp-policja-pl. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Agence France-Presse (15 December 2022). "Poland's police chief wounded after gift from Ukraine official explodes". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. Maishman, Elsa (15 December 2022). "Polish police chief in hospital after gift from Ukrainian officials explodes". BBC News. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. "Polish police chief who fired grenade launcher in office is charged two years later". Reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. "Polish police chief who fired grenade launcher in office is charged two years later". Reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 29 November 2024.


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