KOMENDA GLOWNA POLICJI

Their core work

Komenda Główna Policji is Poland's National Police Headquarters — the central command authority for Polish law enforcement. In EU research projects, they contribute operational expertise as an end-user of security technologies, providing real-world requirements, testing environments, and practitioner feedback for tools addressing forensic science, counter-terrorism, CBRNE response, child exploitation detection, and cybercrime. Their role is to ensure that research outputs actually work for the officers and investigators who will use them in the field.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early H2020 projects (2015–2018) focused on physical-world forensic and detection tools — sewage-based drug lab tracking (microMole), DNA forensic composites (VISAGE), and counter-radicalisation (TRIVALENT). From 2019 onward, a clear shift emerged toward digital security challenges: AI-powered child exploitation detection (GRACE), cybercrime practitioner networks (CYCLOPES), and advanced data fusion (SYSTEM). The trajectory shows Poland's national police increasingly engaging with AI, machine learning, and cyber-investigation technologies rather than purely physical forensic methods.

KGP is moving firmly toward AI-assisted cybercrime investigation and digital evidence analysis, making them a strong end-user partner for any security project involving law enforcement adoption of AI tools.

How they like to work

KGP participates exclusively as a consortium partner — never as coordinator — which is typical for national police bodies that provide operational validation rather than research leadership. With 107 unique partners across 28 countries, they work in large, multi-national consortia (security projects often have 15+ partners). This broad network means they are well-connected across European security research but function as end-user validators rather than project drivers.

Extensive pan-European network spanning 107 partners across 28 countries, reflecting the large consortium sizes typical of H2020 security projects. Their reach covers nearly all EU member states, positioning them as a well-connected law enforcement end-user node in European security research.

What sets them apart

As Poland's national police headquarters, KGP brings something most research organizations cannot: direct access to real operational policing environments, criminal case data (within legal frameworks), and front-line practitioners who will ultimately use the tools being developed. For consortium builders, this means genuine end-user validation — not simulated scenarios but actual law enforcement feedback. Few partners in the EU security research ecosystem can offer this level of operational authority from a major member state's police force.

Highlights from their portfolio

• microMole
  Largest KGP funding allocation (EUR 283,511) for an innovative approach: detecting clandestine synthetic drug labs through municipal sewage monitoring.
• GRACE
  Tackles child sexual exploitation using federated learning and AI — a technically advanced and socially critical project with EUR 122,625 in KGP funding.
• CYCLOPES
  Their most recent project (2021–2026), building a pan-European law enforcement practitioners' network specifically for fighting cybercrime — signals their current strategic direction.