ENSURING ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY AS A KEY POINT OF PATROL POLICE WORK

Abstract

Ensuring legality in the state is a difficult task in today's conditions, the 
implementation of which depends on many factors. However, first of all, we are 
talking about the clear and balanced work of all subjects of power, including law 
enforcement agencies.  At the same time, the most careful attention is focused on 
the patrol police, since they are always in sight. Outlining a number of tasks and 
functions of a specific body, the legislator gives it the opportunity to act in various 
ways within the framework of the law to obtain the required result. In the article, 
we will focus on the study of only one area of work of the patrol police, which, 
unfortunately, does not lose its relevance. This is confirmed by the disappointing 
statistical indicators of traffic accidents and the death rate on the roads. 
At the same time, the effectiveness and efficiency of ensuring road traffic 
safety depends not only on the number of persons brought to justice. A significant 
part of the work is aimed precisely at the implementation of the preventive and 
educational function, with the help of which the behavior of road users is formed 
in society. Thus, the work analyzes the preventive measures used by the police to 
ensure road safety. It is noted that such activity is possible thanks to the clear 
regulation of police competence in the field of road safety, the absence of 
contradictions between legal norms in this field and the adaptation of domestic 
legislation to European standards. It was noted that determining the reasons for 
committing violations of traffic rules is important for high-quality preventive 
activities. Particular attention is paid to the work of the patrol police with minors. 
It is considered expedient to introduce separate electives in schools in this 
direction, which would allow students not to be limited only to knowledge of the 
rights and responsibilities of a pedestrian as one of the participants in road traffic.