Structure and Functions of the Formalised Motivation System in the Police

The purpose of this article is to present the elements of a formalised system of motivation in the Police, to determine the role of individual elements of this system in the process of motivating offi cers and to determine the degree of adjustment of the system’s structure to the specifi city of the service functioning. The article is based on the literature in the fi eld of human resources management and legal acts in the fi eld of the police law. The study also used the results of surveys on job satisfaction among police offi cers and police employees from 2012, as well as the post-audit report of the Supreme Chamber of Control on the functioning of motivation system in the Police.