Tasks and functions of subjects ensuring discipline and legality in the activities of the National Police

Abstract

The article, based on the analysis of scientific views of scientists and the norms of current legislation, forms the author’s approach to determining the tasks and functions of subjects of ensuring discipline and legality in the activities of the National Police. It is noted that the general and specific issues of performing the tasks listed in the article and implementing the functions described depend on the specifics of the subject of responsibility and the scope and scope of authority of each subject of the studied provision. Methodology. The scientific research is based on both general and special methods of scientific knowledge. In particular, the method of documentary analysis and formal-legal and analytical methods were used in the process of analysing the provisions of individual regulatory legal acts, in particular the laws of Ukraine “On Law-Making Activity” and “On the National Police”. Structural-logical and system-functional methods have been used in order to identify the tasks of ensuring discipline and legality in the activities of the National Police and the functions within which the specified tasks are implemented. Results. The following tasks of the subjects of ensuring discipline and legality in the activities of the National Police are highlighted: 1) formation of a meaningful and relevant, clear and understandable regulatory and legal basis for the activities of the police, as well as for the implementation of security measures in relation to its work in order to maintain the proper level of discipline and legality in it; 2) formation of conceptual principles of ensuring discipline and legality in the activities of the National Police; 3) tracking (monitoring), checking and assessing the state of discipline and legality in the activities of the police; 4) creation and maintenance of the optimal structure of the national police bodies and its effective management; 5) coordination, orientation and direction of the activities of the national police bodies; 6) restoration of violated legality; 7) implementation of effective personnel support. In accordance with the outlined tasks, the key functions of the subjects of ensuring discipline and legality in the activities of the National Police are outlined. For example, it is noted that an important guarantee of discipline and legality in the activities of police bodies is the presence of an effective, understandable and transparent organisation of their system and its chairmanship by a person with appropriate professional and personal qualities. These tasks are carried out by the subjects of the studied provision within the framework of the organisational and institutional function, which actually involves: firstly, the formation of the police structure, the definition of its management apparatus, the distribution of responsibilities within the system; secondly, the appointment of persons to leadership positions in police bodies.