A new vision to the concept of “state policy in the law-enforcement sphere” is proposed in the article. The sources of legal supporting of state law-enforcement policy are analyzed. It was concluded that there was no single program for the development of law-enforcement infrastructure for all the entities involved in law-enforcement implementation.
The peculiarities of the state policy in the law-enforcement sphere from the methodological point of view are distinguished in the article. It covers the range of social and legal relations that arise, change and cease in the field of law and order, prevention, counteraction, cessation of offenses and work of law-enforcement authorities; state’s law-enforcement function is implemented through public policy; must be fixed in a single normative document of national importance (Strategy, Concept, Program, etc.); the provisions of the program are covered by a certain period of time; the purpose of public policy is to form an action program in future; law-enforcement authorities are entities that form and implement state policy in the law-enforcement sphere, while the entities involved in the implementation of state policy in the law-enforcement sphere are other bodies of state power and local government, civil society.
The lack of a unified state policy in the law-enforcement sphere in Ukraine is evidenced by the following factors: the emergence of new law-enforcement authorities without pre-planned, expected decisions that should be the result of the state’s strategic course; the unclear meaning of the term “law-enforcement” and the imperfect meaning of the term “law-enforcement authorities” in the current legis lationare one of the legal determinants of dishar mony in the vortexof state law-enforcementpolicy; lack of a single central body of state power on law-enforcement (as a center of political responsibility in the law-enforcement sphere); lack of a single normatively established document with a step-by-step plan of measures for the implementation and realization of the principles of state law-enforcement.
Key words: law-enforcement authorities, state policy, law-enforcement activities, legal support, strategy, concept, program.
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