Meaning dualism and ambiguity of alert degrees in the Anti-Terrorist Activities Act Cover Image

Dualizm znaczeniowy i niejednoznaczność stopni alarmowych w ustawie o działaniach antyterrorystycznych
Meaning dualism and ambiguity of alert degrees in the Anti-Terrorist Activities Act

Author(s): Sylwester Smoleński
Subject(s): Public Law, Security and defense
Published by: Akademia Policji w Szczytnie
Keywords: security; alert levels; CRP; anti-terrorism; counter-terrorism;

Summary/Abstract: The long-awaited act of June 10, 2016 on anti-terrorist measures introduced the institution of alert levels to the Polish legal system, i.e. universally applicable law. Unfortunately, in this act we come across the single-sounding phrase “alert levels” in two senses; sometimes as a set of 8 degrees referred to in the act, but sometimes also as 4 alert levels: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta. Moreover, in this act the abbreviation CRP (CRP alert levels) appears, which is not described anywhere. This article takes a closer look at the origins of today’s alert levels and presents the aforementioned identified issues: the semantic dualism of the term “alert levels” and the ambiguity of the “CRP” abbreviation. The author presents his proposed solutions to these problems in the summary

  • Issue Year: 150/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 153-162
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish