Command in the Police

For many years, one might even say centuries, command was associated with a form of directing attributed almost exclusively to military organisations. Over time, this form of directing has increasingly penetrated civilian organisations, in particular the various types of uniformed services. However, when considering non-army contexts, many people have doubts whether one should talk about command, or merely about management, which uses certain elements, means and principles taken directly from command. The aforementioned doubts were the reason for the formulation of the question: <i>Should one be talking about command in the Police? </i>In the article, the author points out that command in the Police is organised on the basis of patterns taken from the Polish Army, although, of course, not applied directly and in full. Due to the separateness and specificity of the Police, its tasks and duties, not all elements of the military command system could be applied in this organisation, and some of them required (or still require) modification. At the same time, however, it can be concluded that Police principles, rules and hierarchical command structures are very similar to military ones and that command is one of the forms of directing used in the Police.