CONTENT OF POLICE SERVICES AS AN OBJECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32631/Keywords:
police services, areas of activity, administrative and legal regulation, National Police, essence, contentAbstract
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the essence and features
of police services in the modern legal system of Ukraine. The scientific
investigation focuses on understanding the content of the concept of "police
services" as a separate and independent object of administrative and legal
regulation, which is due to a significant transformation process in police activities
under the influence of European standards, the intensification of democratic
transformations and the increase in public expectations regarding the quality of
public services. It is emphasized that police activities in a modern democratic
society are increasingly oriented towards a service model, moving away from the
repressive and punitive practices of the past. It is emphasized that police services
should be considered not only as a response to offenses, but as a set of preventive,
protective and auxiliary measures aimed at meeting the needs and expectations of
citizens, strengthening trust between the public and law enforcement agencies. It
is noted that Ukrainian legislation still regulates the category of police services in
a fragmentary manner, does not contain a clear definition of them, which
complicates law enforcement and creates certain obstacles to the effective
functioning of the police in the service dimension. This problem is identified as
one of the key ones that affect the quality and transparency of law enforcement
activities. The latest approaches to the classification and definition of the content
of police services are considered in detail, and the scientific positions of leading
Ukrainian legal scholars are analyzed. The paradigm shift in the field of police services under the influence of reforms, increasing the role of the public,
transparency and openness of police work, as well as the integration of European
standards and mechanisms for monitoring the quality of services are traced.
Considerable attention is paid to determining the substantive basis of police
services through the prism of administrative and legal norms: it is emphasized
that the areas of police activity related to the provision of services are constantly
changing in response to urgent social needs, especially in conditions of martial
law, when the list of police services is expanded with new functions - evacuation
of civilians, elimination of the consequences of war crimes, demining of
territories, etc.
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