On the Question of the Expediency of Creating a Unified Patrol Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of improving the use of patrol squads of the combatant units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Rosgvardiya serving to ensure law and order on the streets and other public places. The object of the study is the legal relations that develop in the field of organizing the protection of public order, in the process of implementing their functions by the subjects of law enforcement on the streets and other public places. The subject of the study is the organizational and legal norms of the use of combatant units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in ensuring law and order on the streets and other public places. The purpose of the research is the question of the feasibility of creating a Unified patrol service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the conditions and reasons for the need to reform the management structure of patrol squads in modern conditions. In the course of the study, a causal relationship is established between the controls of mobile outfits, the legal foundations of patrol service, the tactical and technical side of ensuring patrol service. Organizational problems in the activities of combatant units carrying patrol service are highlighted and ways to solve them are proposed by creating a universal unit of the Unified Patrol Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The main conclusions of this study are the provisions necessary for the formation of a new patrol service, consisting in the requirements for the main elements of patrol squad management, logistics, legal basis and competency recruitment.