Grzegorz Kostyra MA

ORCID number
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4523-8827

PS 2nd lieutenant, as of 2019 an assistant professor at the Institute of Security Sciences of the Academy of Justice and a PhD student at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow Academy. A graduate of numerous universities, including the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia; the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wroclaw; the Higher School of Labour Protection Management in Katowice and the Higher School of Criminology and Penitentiary Science in Warsaw. His research interests include homeland security issues and innovative training systems in the field of shooting as well as intervention activities. He is also an author of scientific publications in these areas of interest.

Achievements:

Scientific achievements

  • Electronic supervision systems: an example of the application of modern technology within the Prison Service

    Grzegorz Kostyra, Urszula Staśkiewicz

    Security. Theory and Practice 2020, No. 3/2020, p. 45

  • Górskie Korona Ziemi [The Earth’s Crown Mountain Centre]

    Grzegorz Kostyra

    Security. Theory and Practice 2019, 2/2019 pp. 231-232

  • Shooting as an essential element of uniformed services training

    Grzegorz Kostyra

    Reflections on public safety issues. Warsaw: The Institute of Justice Press; 2019

Organisational achievements

  • Member of the Organising Committee of the International Doctoral and Student Scientific Conference “The contemporary dimension of crisis management in the world of information threats, 2021”.

  • Member of the Organising Committee of the International Conference of Young Scientists on States of Emergency – National and International Conditions, 2020.

  • An organizer of numerous training courses and conferences, both in the field of security for penitentiary unit officers and interdepartmental training (Police, Border Guard, Railway Protection Service, probation officers and court employees)

Other achievements

  • Commander of the Regional Prison Service Intervention Group in Katowice (2011–2019)

  • Multiple participant and judge of anti-terrorist competitions and workshops, e.g. Paramedic, Tactical Prison Rescue

  • Instructor in shooting, self-defence, tactics and intervention techniques and first aid

Grzegorz Kostyra MA