Jarosław Jakub Szymczyk (born 21 March 1970 in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
) is a Polish police officer, Inspector General of the Police, and
Commander-in-Chief of the Police in Poland since 2016.
His police career started in 1990. In the years 2007–2008 he was the provincial police commander in
Rzeszów
Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...
. In 2008–2012, he was the deputy provincial police commander in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
. In 2012–2015, he was the provincial police commander in
Kielce
Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...
, and in the years 2015–2016, the provincial police commander in Katowice.
In 2022, he was involved in an incident in which a Ukrainian
grenade launcher
A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially-designed large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke or gas warhead. Today, the term generally refers to a class of dedicated firearms firing unitary grenade cartridges. The mos ...
he had been given as a gift exploded in his office, leading to his being hospitalised with minor injuries.
References
Polish police officers
Living people
1970 births
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