Some Aspects of Police Patrol Service Formation

The patrol police service (hereinafter referred to as PPSP) is the main means of combating crime on the street, in transport, in public places. The effective work of the patrol service ensures the observance of the rights of citizens and the protection of their property from various encroachments. In this regard, control over the activities of this unit is of particular importance for the state and society.

The construction of a completely new legal system in modern Russia and the reform of all institutions of the state raise the importance of the activity of the police patrol service as the main state structure for ensuring law and order and public security to a new level.

The 2021 Manual provides a comprehensive list of the tasks and functions of the SWSP. Special means and physical force are used by the PPSP employees in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Law “On Police”. Units of the PSPP may be involved in other activities not listed in the Manual, only in accordance with the regulatory legal acts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Also, in accordance with the normative legal acts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the staff of the police patrol service is completed. Each of them bears equal responsibility in accordance with the law, regardless of their position.

The current state of the PPSP units is the result of the activities of more than one generation. Initially, they were formed during the Great Patriotic War. Most of the police officers went to the front. The rights and duties of all policemen who remained in the field have greatly expanded. They were engaged not only in their direct duties, but now they were also fighting desertion, looting, theft of goods, the capture of spies, the evacuation of the population, etc. The article discusses some aspects of the formation and current state of the police patrol service.