The Border Guards and State Police were provided with a variant of the wz.31 helmet with a large (10 centimetres in diameter) White Eagle adorning the forehead.
According to the police there were roughly 700 people in the hall at the time of the collapse.
In Poland, the national police service Policja is directly responsible to the central government, and whilst it operates with an organisational structure that allows voivodeship commands to exist, the regional authorities do not have any major say in law enforcement policy, and cannot affect the day-to-day operations of their local force.
It was also the site of a bloodly conflict between Polish Special Forces, BOA, and two heavily armed mafia combatants in 2003.
In 2010 there were around 3000 people on the march, in 2011 over 20.000 (both numbers according to the police statistics).
In the event of public disorder, the prime minister can, upon a motion by the interior minister, authorize special armed units of the Policja to restore order.
After several years' worth operational use of expensive RWGŁ-1 :pl:Granatnik RWGŁ-1 and failed RWGŁ-2 development project, in 1978 it became a standard-issue grenade launcher of Milicja Obywatelska and stays in use by current Policja.
The very first TRG-21 units delivered were used by the Policja, GROM and the 1st Special Commando Regiment.
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