The legality of the application of administrative coercion measures in the activities of the police

Abstract

The article draws attention to the problems of ensuring legality in the application of administrative coercion measures. This problem is one of the most important, since during the application of coercive measures, restrictions on the rights of citizens are carried out. Administrative coercion is applied only if there are appropriate grounds, which is partly a guarantee of compliance with the requirements of legality in the application of appropriate coercion. The author drew attention to the guarantees of legality, which must be taken into account when applying administrative coercion measures, these guarantees can be both material and procedural. Procedural guarantees are more in demand when applying measures of administrative and procedural coercion, they are associated with the action of administrative responsibility. The problems of ensuring the rule of law are relevant for all areas of law enforcement activities of the police. One of the activities of the police is administrative activity. The police use a wide variety of forms and methods that are of an administrative and legal nature, in this regard, the guarantees of legality also have an administrative nature. The author drew attention to the essence of these guarantees, carried out their classification according to their functionality and regulatory consolidation. The author concluded that the guarantees of legality predetermine the effectiveness of the administrative activities of the police, in the widest range of its implementation. The scientific novelty of the article is determined by the fact that the author has formulated a number of proposals that will make it possible to improve the quality of administrative activities of the police.