DIRECTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE ACTIVITIES OF THE PATROL POLICE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the formation of a holistic agreed understanding of the directions of administrative police activity of the patrol police at the present stage of development of the National Police of Ukraine, given the lack of their normative definition. Based on the study of the provisions of the current legislation, a critical analysis of modern scientific research in this area, a definition of the concept of directions of administrative police activity of the patrol police is proposed. The above considerations allow us to conclude that the areas of administrative policing of the patrol police are components of the functions implemented by these units, within which the normatively defined powers are performed using certain forms and methods of activity. The author's vision of the list of directions that characterize the administrative police activities of the patrol police at the present stage of its development, including traffic supervision; control over the technical condition of vehicles; control over the organization of transportation; control over the technical condition of roads; preventive (prophylactic) activity; administrative and jurisdictional activities; activities to ensure public security and order; provision of administrative services; accounting and analytical activities; cooperation with public authorities, local self-government and the population on the basis of partnership. It is noted that the fulfillment of the powers of the patrol police within a certain area of administrative police activity may simultaneously relate to the implementation of several functions of the patrol police, which is due to the specifics of the goal being realized. The directions of administrative police activity of the patrol police create a triad of structural elements "functions - directions - powers", characterizing the administrative and legal status of these structural units of the National Police of Ukraine. It is concluded that, taking into account the directions of administrative police activity of the patrol police, the work of these units should be planned, as well as an assessment of the effectiveness of their activities.