ARCHITECTURE AND TOOLS OF THE POLICE EXCHANGE OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Cover Image

Architektura i narzędzia policyjnej wymiany informacji kryminalnych. Perspektywa krajowa i międzynarodowa
ARCHITECTURE AND TOOLS OF THE POLICE EXCHANGE OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Author(s): Piotr Zalewski
Subject(s): Security and defense
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
Keywords: Police;security;criminal information;international cooperation;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the national and international system of criminal information exchange, implemented at the operational and non-operational level, between the Polish Police and services, agencies and institutions of the European Union and third countries, in the area of prosecuting perpetrators of crimes and ensuring public order. Purpose of the publication is to verify the hypothesis that in the modern world, without effective, fast exchange of information of importance for security and public order, it is difficult to effectively recognize and neutralize emerging threats, and to prosecute perpetrators of crimes. In order to verify the adopted hypothesis, the most important national and international databases and instruments for the exchange of criminal information available to law enforcement authorities of the European Union (EU) and third countries, as well as EU agencies and international organizations established to prevent, fight and detect crimes (INTERPOL, EUROPOL) and the prosecution of the perpetrators of these crimes. The subject matter has been presented in the perspective of the historical development of tools and instruments for gathering and exchanging criminal information in national databases in Poland as well as in EU countries and third countries. The presented review of the tools and instruments of the international exchange of criminal information made it possible to prove the adopted hypothesis.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 50-78
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish