New law enforcement agency to be created to centralize crime information

The Interior Ministry plans to create a National Center for Criminal Information with the head being appointed by the Prime Minister and budget of around zl. 16 million. The new body would be independent from the police and would collect and process data about crimes. The draft was approved yesterday by the government. Under the new law the police, State Security Office (UOP) and other crime fighting units would be obligated to send information about crimes under investigation to the new body. That database would be accessible to all the forces investigating crimes. Ministry adviser Piotr Niemczyk has called the National Center for Criminal Investigation a crime address book, because it will contain all the most important information about the ongoing investigations. (Rzeczpospolita, page A2) P.S.