State Protection Service

The State Protection Service (Polish: Służba Ochrony Państwa [ˈswuʐ.ba ɔˈxrɔ.nɘ ˈpaɲ.stfa]) is a Polish uniformed service which provides VIP security for the Polish government.^[1] It was formed on 1 February 2018 as a successor to the Government Protection Bureau.^[2]

State Protection Service Służba Ochrony Państwa
Abbreviation	SOP
Agency overview
Formed	2018
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Poland and abroad on official state visits of VIPs
Website
https://www.sop.gov.pl/pl/

History

On December 8, 2017, the Parliament passed the Law on the State Protection Service, the Senate approved it without amendments on December 21, and on January 11, 2018, the President signed it.^[3]

Subjects of protection

• President of the Republic of Poland and his family
• Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and his family
• First Lady of Poland
• Marshal of the Sejm
• Marshal of the Senate
• Deputy Prime Ministers
• Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Minister of Interior and Administration
• Minister of National Defence
• Former Presidents
• Former Prime Ministers
• Other individuals by decree of the Minister of Interior
• Foreign heads of state, governments, representatives, and diplomats while on Polish soil

Gallery

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  SOP officer guarding the area of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
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  SOP snipers guarding the area of Piłsudski Square during President's speech.
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  SOP officer guarding Presidential Palace, Warsaw
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  SOP officers in different uniforms
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  Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki surrounded in the back by SOP officers
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  SOP motorcade
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  President Andrzej Duda surrounded by SOP officers.