Bolesławiec police officers celebrated their holiday on Friday, 20 July, at the Old Theatre. Among those attending the ceremony were Andrzej Szymański, head of the Prevention Units of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Wrocław, county governor Cezary Przybylski and Bolesławiec mayor Piotr Roman.
The county police commander, Inspector Grzegorz Chirowski, addressed the attendees and recalled the history of the police in his speech. The commander also spoke about Euro 2012, a tournament that posed a major challenge for uniformed services. After his speech, Inspector Chirowski presented flowers to Helena Kowal, the daughter of a police officer who fell in Ostashkov, and to Genowefa Sikorska, the mother of an officer who died while on duty.
Decorations were also presented during the ceremony. The silver “Meritorious Police Officer” badge was awarded to Staff Aspirant Zbigniew Pokładek, while bronze badges were awarded to Aspirants: Wojciech Kuźnik, Wiesław Borowski, Adam Trębacz, Jolanta Szerszunowicz, Krzysztof Policht, Piotr Szerszunowicz, Krzysztof Cechner, Leszek Pawlikowski, Andrzej Czerwiński, Artur Meier, as well as Staff Aspirant Andrzej Pyszka.
Civilian employees were not forgotten either. Commander Chirowski presented letters of commendation and gifts to Magdalena Konwa and Adrian Członka.
41 officers received promotions:
- to junior inspector: Piotr Wałczyk
- to superintendent: Grzegorz Czerski, Adam Frączek
- to staff aspirant: Jerzy Buczkowski, Tomasz Filistyński, Jerzy Król, Beata Łuczkowska, Arkadiusz Nowak
- to senior aspirant: Artur Meier, Zenon Roman
- to aspirant: Paweł Gałuszka, Marek Laszczyński, Mariusz Mielnik, Henryk Roszkowski
- to junior aspirant: Jarosław Jakubowski, Wojciech Jaskot
- to staff sergeant: Piotr Błaszkiewicz, Michał Czarnota, Krystian Faltyn, Arkadiusz Haniszewski, Adrian Jakubowicz, Erwin Kaluzka, Zbigniew Kohut, Jarosław Kwiatkowski, Tomasz Kazimierczuk, Robert Kuśmierczyk, Roman Lisak, Grzegorz Łapanowski, Rafał Ryś, Marcin Śliwak, Jolanta Szymańska
- to senior sergeant: Marcin Bachór, Paulina Wojdowicz, Magdalena Buryło, Łukasz Górak, Rafał Jachowski, Katarzyna Janiec, Ireneusz Kuśmierz, Sylwia Lorenc, Iwona Sobków, Kinga Zatorska
That day, police officers laid flowers at the grave of Senior Sergeant Dariusz Chełkowski, a Bolesławiec police officer who died while on duty.
(information: KPP Bolesławiec/ii)