A reporter for TTV television tried to determine whether it is ethical and lawful for Emil Zając to be the commander while providing legal advisory services outside working hours.
Her first expert, attorney Krzysztof Budnik, explained what the commander may and may not do. Among other things, he stated that the commander's additional work must not cause a “suspicion of lack of impartiality.” The expert probably meant exactly the opposite—the additional activities of Zając must not cause a “suspicion of partiality,” not a lack of impartiality.
The second expert, attorney Jacek Kondracki, stated that the situation was unhealthy. The vice-president of the National Council of Legal Advisers, Zbigniew Pawlak, said that the commander's actions were questionable.
The third expert was Bernard Łętowski, a former journalist who recently wanted to become… a councilor. He ran in this year's elections but was unsuccessful. Interestingly, he supported a committee that opposed President Piotr Roman, Emil Zając's superior. In addition, the excerpt from the interview quoted by TTV came from a station where Łętowski once worked and where the wife of President Roman's main electoral opponent now works.
Emil Zając claims that what he does after work is his private matter. He also says that, in this particular case, the two functions he performs do not conflict with each other.
City Secretary Jerzy Zieliński, in turn, assures that the office has no objection to Emil Zając combining both functions: commander and legal adviser.
Ultimately, the reporter did not herself answer the question she had posed, although the material indicates that the actions of the Bolesławiec commander are lawful.