Jarosław Szymczyk

Jarosław Jakub Szymczyk (born 21 March 1970 in Katowice) is a Polish police officer, Inspector General of the Police, and Commander-in-Chief of the Police in Poland since 2016.

Jarosław Szymczyk
Born (1970-03-21) March 21, 1970
Katowice

His police career started in 1990.[1] In the years 2007–2008 he was the provincial police commander in Rzeszów. In 2008–2012, he was the deputy provincial police commander in Katowice. In 2012–2015, he was the provincial police commander in Kielce, and in the years 2015–2016, the provincial police commander in Katowice.

In 2022 Szymczyk gained notoriety for being involved in an incident, in which a Ukrainian grenade launcher he had been gifted when visiting the country during the Russian invasion had detonated in his office in Warsaw, leading to him being hospitalised with minor injuries.[2][3]

References
  1. "gen. insp. Jarosław Szymczyk". isp-policja-pl. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  2. Agence France-Presse (2022-12-15). "Poland's police chief wounded after gift from Ukraine official explodes". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. Maishman, Elsa (2022-12-15). "Polish police chief in hospital after gift from Ukrainian officials explodes". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-12-19.


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