Any Law Enforcement Officers (Police) from Poland here?

Lady in red

31 Jul 2007 / #31

I actually joined here for business contacts, but after reading the many posts, Ive become quite interested...

In what ? If I may ask ? The Polish Police Force and how they handle crime ?

_Sofi_

31 Jul 2007 / #32

lmao!

i had that game when i was young -who knew i was solving crimes the whole time i played it!

Daisy 3 | 1,224

31 Jul 2007 / #33

While this is not the right way to gain respect it does act as a deterrent to criminals to know that the police are armed.

Are you suggesting America has less crime than the UK because their Police are armed?

Lady in red

31 Jul 2007 / #34

It's a good point and very debatable.

bookratt 6 | 85

31 Jul 2007 / #35

Murders per capita, worldwide:

nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

#20 Poland: 0.0562789 per 1,000 people

Daisy 3 | 1,224

31 Jul 2007 / #36

Murders per capita, worldwide:

very interesting

bookratt 6 | 85

31 Jul 2007 / #37

Poland is number 20 on the list and lower down the list is the USA at number 24. These are old numbers from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

But look here:

nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pro_cri_vic-crime-property-victims

and here:

nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita

and here:

nationmaster.com/graph/cri_kid_percap-crime-kidnappings-per-capita

Is the term VIOLENT only a murder, or a kidnapping or burglary or rape with threat of or actual violence used against the victim, that does not lead to death in the end?

Note that South Africa has a horrible rate of all kinds of crime, and while gun ownership there is reputedly not as high as in the US, the fact is that MOST guns in the US are registered, known and accounted for while MOST guns in South Africa are not registered, known and accounted for. So it's a little like apples to oranges being compared there.

joepilsudski 26 | 1,388

31 Jul 2007 / #38

In Philadlphia PA, we have had over 600 gun-related murders in the past 18 months,
with 95% of them committed in the African-American community...this is called 'black-on-
black crime'...right now Phila PA is the murder capital of the US...the problem is not guns
per se, but a total breakdown in morals & accountability in certain communities...many of
these murders are committed on/by teenagers...people in these communities will not cooperate with police to catch the perpetrators...so, the police become apathetic...what

you have is a community that 'eats it's young'...hopefully this phenomena will never appear in Poland.

_Sofi_

1 Sep 2007 / #39

Some Police are armed,

"Non-firearm specialists in 10 forces across England and Wales are to be permitted to use the 50,000-volt weapons to protect themselves or civilians."

None for Scotland!

gavin79 3 | 72

1 Sep 2007 / #40

British police also have CS gas on them at all times which they can use if they have good enough reason.