Municipal Bodies Powers for the Protection of Public Order: Looking for the Golden Mea

Abstract

The organizational and legal aspects of the creation and prospects for effective functioning of municipal bodies for the protection of public order in the Russian Federation are considered. It is noted that in recent years, Russia has done some work on the development of the system of these bodies. The scholars' points of view on this issue are given. It is concluded that the very idea of the need to create a municipal police (police) has both supporters and opponents. The main development models of the institute of municipal militia in our country are considered. The draft federal laws "On the Municipal Police in the Russian Federation", involving the empowerment of municipal bodies of public order policing, submitted to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 2014 and 2016 was subjected to a critical analysis. The conclusion is made about the need to expand the powers of municipal bodies in the field of public order, as well as the establishment of limits for the implementation of these powers with the procedure for interaction between municipal authorities and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia enshrined in the federal law on municipal police. Optimal directions for the activities of municipal bodies of public order are proposed.