Służba Ochrony Państwa a Biuro Ochrony Rządu w kontekście zmian ustawowych
State Protection Service and Government Protection Bureau in the Specific Context of Legislative Amendment

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the article is to provide a thorough analysis of the motives behind replacing Government Protection Bureau with State Protection Service. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: Through the analysis of the source texts and the usage of diagnostic survey method, the author presents the main reasons of the changes in formations responsible for the safety of the most important persons in the State. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The author presents the history of the most important persons in the State security system following the chronological order. The focus is on the main reasons of the Government Protection Bureau liquidation. The comparative analysis of the Government Protection Bureau and State Protection Service is provided, the author also pointed the desirable course of future development. RESEARCH RESULTS: The author casts doubt on the reasons of the Government Protection Bureau liquidation, which were given in the source texts. The attention is directed to a specific solutions to stop the destruction process. The conducted comparative analysis led to the identification of the number of differences between both formations. Due to the diagnostic survey method that was conducted exclusively on Government Protection Bureau and State Protection Service officers, clear conclusions on the transition process were obtained. CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND INNOVATIONS: The carried out thorough analysis of the source texts confirmed the thesis that the security formation reform was inevitable and justifiable. Nevertheless, taking into consideration the possibility of the reorganization of the activities and structures of Government Protection Bureau, the new formation that due to the Government Protection Bureau closure, generates exorbitant costs seems to be illegitimate.

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