Психологические компоненты профессионального имиджа инспекторов дорожно-патрульной службы Государственной инспекции безопасности дорожного движения и направления его совершенствования

Abstract

The article deals with psychological components of the phenomenon of the professional image of the inspectors of the Road Patrol Service of the State Road Safety Inspectorate are the subject of the study.
 The purposes of the scientific article are to present psychological characteristics of leading components of the professional image of the inspectors of the Road Patrol Service of the State Road Safety Inspectorate and to determine the trends of its improvement.
 It’s established that the most significant elements of the discussed professional image are appearance, knowledge of normative legal acts, the culture of dialogue, competent speech and the ability to handle stress and require urgent attention and development – a normative legal acts and speech skills. 
 A synthesis of the literature and an empirical study carried out using methods of a written survey, observation, ranking, and analysis of situations has allowed not only to reveal the psychological meaning of each component image, but also to identify the likely directions of its improvement. A special place among these directions is given to improving the quality of legal and psychological training, and training in practical linguistics in the field of business communication with traffic participants.
 The scientific novelty of research consists in the reflection of the modern view on the problem of professional image of the employee through the eyes of the subjects of its formation and in the formulation of specific proposals based on the experience of the respondents and sought after in the course of further modernization of the image of the inspectors of the Road Patrol Service of the State Road Safety Inspectorate.