Specjalne użycie broni palnej przez polskie służby – przełomowa czy wadliwa regulacja?
Special use of firearms by Polish services - breakthrough or defective regulation?

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays public authorities have to face various serious threats to public safety and order. One of such dangers there are terrorist offenses. Within permissions s part of security and public order protection, services have various effective means to counteract dangerous situations, including measures of direct coercion and firearms. However in the most dangerous situations these measures may not be sufficient. In Polish legal order until 2016, there was no regulation that directly and legally would allow services to use a rescue shot or a marksman. These institutions are often necessary to save the hostages' lives, albeit deliberately deadly and final. Nevertheless they should be able to be used in strictly defined cases and procedures. The aim of the article is to show difficult nature of institution of special use of firearms, which requires further, expanded discussion. At the same time, an attempt was made to assess whether the applicable regulation is correct or whether it leaves some doubts in different areas.

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