Government Protection Bureau

Biuro Ochrony Rządu (short: BOR; German "Government Protection Bureau " ) is a Polish law enforcement agency that is subordinate to the Polish Ministry of Interior. There is a uniformed and armed formation, which is responsible for the protection of members of the government, government properties and government facilities.

Jurisdiction

The protégés of BOR include the President of the Republic of Poland, both Speaker of Parliament, the Prime Minister and his deputy as well as the inner and the Foreign Minister. Furthermore BOR guarantees the protection of former president, is located in the territory of the Republic of Poland, foreign delegations and other important for the state vulnerable persons.

In addition to the Presidential Palace and the equipment used for the prime minister, and the foreign and interior ministers, BOR guarded all Polish embassies, consulates and missions to international organizations such as the UN or NATO, which are located outside the Polish territory.

In addition, BOR is responsible for the pyrotechnic protection of the Sejm, the Polish Parliament.

History

After the independence of Poland and founded the Second Polish Republic in 1918 to protect the most important people had to be guaranteed in the country. However, the newly established Presidential Guard presented in 1922 to be extremely ineffective, as it the painter Eligiusz Neviadomski able to commit to the then President Gabriel Narutowicz an assassination attempt. As a result of this failure of the Polish security forces presented at the June 12, 1924 Minister of the Interior Zygmunt Hübner protection brigade together, could provide effective protection to the President of the Polish Republic. In addition, new procedures and methods were developed, which should improve the protection.

Even during the Second World War, on 22 August 1944, which was called "Government Protection Department ", which should guard the new government. The changes in the political situation in Poland and the Interior Ministry have meant that in December 1956 the Government Protection Bureau ( BOR) has launched a self-contained unit, which was first directly subordinated to the Minister of the Interior.