Legal regulation and features of official investigations in the bodies of the National Police of Ukraine

Abstract

The article considers the peculiarities of conducting official investigations in the bodies of the NationalPolice of Ukraine and the existence of problematic issues in the field of documenting violations committedby police officers. Ways to eliminate aspects of problematic issues that arise when documenting the facts ofpolice officers (employees of enterprises, institutions of organizations that are in employment) at work in astate of alcohol, drugs or other intoxication. The focus is on the characteristics of administrative and legalmechanisms of administrative and disciplinary responsibility of police officers.During the study of the peculiarities of official investigations in the National Police, there was a need toaddress deficiencies in regulations governing the inspection of alcohol, drugs or other toxic intoxication ofemployees of enterprises, institutions and organizations, as well as law enforcement agencies. , proposed:1. Amend the Instruction on the procedure for detecting signs of alcohol, drug or other intoxication in driversor under the influence of drugs that reduce attention and speed of reaction, approved by a joint order ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine from November 9, 2015 52 1452/735on the grounds and procedure for conducting an inspection on the subject of intoxication of employees ofenterprises, institutions, organizations, law enforcement agencies or consider the feasibility of adopting aseparate regulation. 2. Amend the Disciplinary Statute of the National Police of Ukraine, approved by theLaw of Ukraine of March 15, 2018 № 2337-VIII in terms of inclusion in the obligations of a police officer to be examined for service in a state of alcohol, drugs or other intoxication, and in case of refusal to passsuch examination to equate it to confirmation of the fact of being in the service in a state of intoxication.