Gov't plans to spend zl.6 billion on modernizing the police

"We want to give police more modern weapons. We want to replace uniforms with modern and comfortable ones," said an anonymous source. The Ministry has calculated that the program would cost zl.6 billion over the next three years, which is slightly less than the annual police budget. "The Act will give us certainty. If the bill is passed, money will be found for sure and no one will take it away the following years," said a highly ranked official. He went on to say that there are chances of convincing the Finance Ministry, as strengthening the police was one of the election slogans of Law and Justice (PiS). Opposition politicians are skeptical and the PiS politicians are reluctant to express their opinion. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.