Social and Legal Studios

Abstract

From the point of view of system analysis, public opinion is considered as a criterion for assessing the activities of the National Police. The influence of public opinion on the activities of bodies and units of the National Police, approaches, ways of its identification and formation are investigated. The analysis of the influence of public opinion on the police activity as a means of public control was carried out. The ways of compulsory consideration of public opinion during the adoption of normative and legal acts regulating the activities of the National Police bodies are examined. The reform of the internal affairs bodies became a priority task of the state in the context of European integration, as the level of public trust in the militia was extremely low, and the effectiveness of their activity caused a lot of questions. The adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On the National Police” was an important stage in reforming of law enforcement agencies. The main idea of this normative and legal act was the formation of trust in the National Police bodies, that is, the legal establishment of the partnership model of the relationship between the society and the police. In fact, such a model was reflected in the important principle of police activity, which is the police desire to ensure public trust and support for citizens. The implementation of this principle of the police activity becomes an important task of the law-enforcement system and directly affects the development of all administrative legislation regulating the police activities. Increasing public trust and support is stipulated by the legality of the activity of the law enforcement agency: the legality of the police activity increases the trust of citizens, and the trust of citizens forces the police to act in the legal field. Therefore, it is so important to involve citizens in ensuring this legal regime, its integration into the mechanism of increasing public trust and support of the police

Keywords: public opinion, assessment of activity, public trust, public control, National Police

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