Diagnosing Police Activities Using Qualitative Research Methods

The article presents the possibilities of implementing qualitative research for analysis activities taken by the Polish Police, especially in the aspect of the formation activities in the field of internal security of the state. In addition to the proposals of a threeway perception of the Police in terms of the subject of the research and description of the specifics of the qualitative research, the reader was invited to include a qualitative methodology for analysis of police problems. The article ends with a brief description of the qualitative study implemented for the purposes of the doctoral dissertation on the role of the police in the field of ensuring security for football matches.