Features of the application of police care concerning minors

Abstract

The article examines the peculiarities of the use of police custody in relation to minors. As a result of the study, it was learned that police custody is a police measure, that is, such a measure that police officers are authorized to apply. The subjects of police custody are police officers. One of the main tasks of the National Police of Ukraine is to ensure the implementation and protection of the rights and freedoms of all categories of citizens, including children. It is worth noting that one of the innovations of the Law is the introduction into the practical activity of police bodies of such a preventive police measure as police custody of certain categories of persons, which was not previously used in the activities of police bodies. The peculiarity of the purpose of police custody is not only the facts of the need to eliminate circumstances that create risks for the persons in respect of whom police custody is carried out, but also for the persons surrounding them.
 Despite the legal definition of the procedural procedure for police custody (compilation of a protocol), a single document was not developed that recorded the specified measure, and only a corresponding report was drawn up about its application by the police, the content of which was also free and in fact did not contain complete information about application of a police measure. On October 12, 2020, after the issuance of the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine No. m724 "On the approval of the Instructions for the preparation of materials on the use of police custody", the procedural registration of the applied police measure became possible, since the specified order approved a sample of the protocol on the use of police custody. Considering that the main purpose of police custody is to provide assistance to the person for whom it is carried out, including medical, legal, household, etc., the adoption and implementation of the specified order is a relevant and timely event, as it made it possible to bring administrative actions of a police officer in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution and state legislation.