A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE FORMATION OF DEPARTMENTAL REGULATION OF THE PECULIARITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SUPERVISION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS BY BODIES CONDUCTING OPERATIVE AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES, INQUIRIES, PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS

Abstract

The article is dedicated to revealing the retrospective of the establishment
of sectoral regulation of the features of organizing supervision of law enforcement
by bodies conducting operational-search activities, intelligence, pre-trial
investigation.
It is summarized that this type of supervisory activity by prosecutors
initially objectified the unity of the type direction of law enforcement agencies'
activities. However, not entirely, as there was a distribution of the specificity of its
implementation as a natural property of the text of the provisions of regulatory
legal acts separately for each object of inspections. However, it was quickly
realized that it was necessary to differentiate them as independent objects of
inspection (operational-search and pre-trial investigation), which should be
regulated by separate regulatory acts. Their provisions went through a long
process of transitioning from the Soviet model of general supervision to European
standards of specialized supervision, which is conditioned both by the nature and
purpose of these directions in law enforcement activities and by the scope and
limits of supervision procedures for their implementation.
It is believed that such an approach to supervision of law enforcement by
bodies conducting operational-search activities, intelligence, and pre-trial
investigation indicates the strategic direction of the prosecutor's office to
constantly improve procedures for ensuring the rule of law, protecting the rights
and interests of citizens, as well as mechanisms to increase society's trust in law
enforcement agencies. However, on the other hand, it took too long to realize the
true role of the prosecutor's office in these mechanisms and procedures, as
normative prescriptions had to correspond to the actual practical activities of
prosecutors, the identification of problematic aspects of which would gradually ensure more effective functioning of security agencies.