Poland to replace BOR

Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs submitted a bill draft which will replace the current Government Protection Bureau (BOR) with the State Security Service (Państwowa Służba Ochrony). “The State Security Service will see the introduction of rules to make procedures and security activities more effective,” the ministry said. The new service will be an “elite organization” which will protect state VIPs and the most important government administration buildings, currently guarded by private security companies. The new service will have some 300 more personnel, than BOR and the recruitment process will include lie detector tests. BOR had some bad press recently, following a number of car collisions while convoying several top officials. No one was seriously injured, but PM Beata Szydło, had to spend a few days in the hospital with minor injuries, after her car driven by the Bureau officer collided with another one during overtake attempt and hit a tree.