# Polish police training, enforcement and waste actions

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/polish-police-training-and-operations
> Updated: 2026-08-05T14:21:23.000Z. Sources: 26. Developments: 3.

In early July 2026, officers of the Katowice Provincial Police Command completed a three‑day specialist course on combating environmental crime, hosted by the 15th Lubusz Territorial Defence Brigade and attended by representatives of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and the Silesian Customs Office. The program combined lectures and field exercises on hazardous‑waste identification, drone surveillance, evidence documentation and modern waste‑processing technologies, strengthening inter‑agency cooperation.

Later in the month, Warsaw police detained a 19‑year‑old Ukrainian suspected of an 80,000‑zł fraud scheme, while a separate investigation led to the arrest of a 50‑year‑old man accused of covertly filming women on city buses. The Warsaw District Court dismissed actress Katarzyna Cichopek’s privacy lawsuit against a tabloid. The Silesian Border Guard expelled five Ukrainian nationals, including a convicted organizer of illegal crossings, imposing a ten‑year Schengen ban. A Ukrainian who placed a backpack on metro tracks at the Centrum station was deported and barred from re‑entry for ten years.

In early August, police operations in Elbląg and Małopolska seized more than 11 kg of narcotics, resulting in arrests and lengthy prison prospects. Concurrently, environmental inspectors examined the Rogowc hazardous‑waste depot (over 50,000 t of dangerous substances) and the Wołomin site with thousands of corroded chemical barrels, prompting a 20 million‑zł remediation request. Local municipalities launched asbestos‑removal programmes and expanded bulky‑waste collection. These actions illustrate the breadth of Polish law‑enforcement and environmental agency activities, ranging from specialized training to large‑scale crime suppression and hazardous‑waste management.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-05: Poland's police and environmental agencies seize drugs and assess hazardous waste sites

Polish police seized drugs in Elbląg and Małopolska, warned of ticket scams, made arrests for robbery and scratch‑card theft, while agencies inspected hazardous waste sites in Rogowc and Wołomin and launched an

16 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/polish-municipalities-report-24-jump-in-bulky-waste-collections

### 2026-07-23: Polish authorities act on fraud, privacy lawsuit and border enforcement cases

Polish police and courts handle a fraud attempt, dismiss a privacy lawsuit, enforce border bans, investigate hidden‑camera filming, and deport a metro saboteur.

9 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/polish-court-dismisses-actress-katarzyna-cichopeks-privacy-lawsuit-against-super-express

### 2026-07-12: Polish Silesian Police Complete Environmental Crime Training

Polish Silesian police took a three‑day July 2026 training on environmental crime, covering hazardous waste, drones and inter‑agency cooperation, hosted by the 15th Lubusz Territorial Defence Brigade.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/polish-silesian-police-complete-environmental-crime-training

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