Security on the Polish-German border. Selected issues .......... 183

The article deals with the issue of security in the Polish-German borderland. The first part presents the results of research aimed at diagnosing the sense of security of the inhabitants of Słubice and Frankfurt (Oder) as well as Świnoujście and Ahlbeck, and identifying the main threats that emerge on both sides of the Oder. The following section discusses cooperation between Polish and German services responsible for security and public order. To this end, reference has been made to the provisions of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on cooperation of police, border and customs services of 15th May 2014. The principles of cooperation of services in the scope of, among others, exchange of information, joint patrols, cross-border chases or actions taken in situations of special danger were discussed.