Border Guard (Poland)

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Polish Border Guard Straż Graniczna
Racing stripe
Polish Border Guard Ensign
Agency overview
Formed	12 October 1990
Preceding agencies	Border Protection Troops (1945–89) Border Guard (1928–39) Border Protection Corps (1924–39)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Poland
Operations jurisdiction	Poland
Governing body	Border Guard General Headquarters (Poland)
Specialist jurisdictions	National border patrol, security, and integrity. Immigration Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Minister responsible	Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister of the Interior and Administration
Agency executive	Maj. Gen. Robert Bagan, General Commander
Facilities
Airplanes	PZL-104 Wilga, PZL M-28, PZL M-20 Mewa, Stemme ASP S15, Let L-410 Turbolet
Helicopters	PZL W-3 Sokół, Eurocopter EC135, PZL Kania, Robinson R44
Website
strazgraniczna.pl

The Polish Border Guard (Polish: Straż Graniczna, also abbreviated as SG) is a state security agency tasked with patrolling the Polish border. It existed in the Second Republic era from 1928 to 1939 and was reestablished in the modern-day Third Republic in 1990, going into operation the following year. During the communist era lasting from 1945 to 1989, the role of the border guard was carried out by the Border Protection Troops (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza).