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to take action. The Police officers can check the documents, luggage, or car trunks, to establish baseline facts on the conducted activities, and engage in further action if needed. All looks good on paper. In practical terms, if the security service calls the duty Police officer, then the question boils down to the priority assigned to such a matter - especially on Friday evening. Would the duty officers, or the intervening patrol officers be aware that the area within which drone operations are restricted does not perfectly align with the limits of the protected facility? If the flight was conducted by a foreign national, unable to define the goal or purpose of the undertaken action, or without any ID, will the Policemen, rushed by other matters, address the matter and take further steps, or will they be aware, or even ready to take those steps? Here, the security service and the Police are in a conflict - as the scope of action of both entities differs, and the parameters applied to the execution of tasks may also differ. It is easy to determine the key silos in the national security system though. These are divided between the Ministries and services, they stem from different tasks, structures, and organizational cultures of the individual services and entities. The problem is deeper, as it does not concern the uniformed services alone (who have a lot in common, despite the differences, including the hierarchical nature of their culture). However, when speaking of hybrid threats within the context of the national security system, other entities, such as the local authorities exist, along with businesses, or NGOs. To make matters even more convoluted, the configuration of the involved services, entities, and organizations would change, depending on the scenario prepared by the adversary. This can be noted when analyzing two different scenarios. The first one - that happened, and the other - a hypothetical one. The first scenario involves the use of migration pressure against Poland and other states in the region, which would result in an emergence of a border crisis. Russia encourages Middle Eastern and African nationals to travel to Europe, and facilitates their illegal border crossing, be it voluntary, or by force, also through cutting off the return routes if crossings as such are detected. The fact that migration pressure as such is imposed means that there is a necessity to reinforce the security measures at the border and assign extra Border Guard, Police, or military units to handle the crisis. The problem stems from the fact that even with intense patrol efforts, the influx of people cannot be cut off completely - some persons, or groups of persons, may still be able to cross the border. Of course, one can consider the establishment of physical barriers, such as a wall, but that is just a temporary solution. Crisis as such may be easily used to polarize www.fragoutmag.com