State Protection Service
The State Protection Service (Służba Ochrony Państwa, SOP) is a Polish specialised law enforcement agency subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and Administration. Established in 2018 on the basis of the former Government Protection Bureau, it is responsible for the personal protection of Poland's top state officials, including the president, the prime minister and cabinet members, and for the security of government buildings and visiting foreign delegations. Beyond close protection duties, it also handles counter-terrorism tasks and security at large public events.
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Poland receives information on alleged assassination plot targeting PM Tusk and defence minister
Polish authorities announced on 11 October that police had received information about a possible assassination attempt on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Ministers Tomasz Siemoniak and Marcin Kierwiński ordered a security response, and an inter-agency meeting was scheduled at the Counter-Terrorism Centre of Poland's Internal Security Agency.