POLICING IN UKRAINE AND THE USA

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POLICING IN UKRAINE AND THE USA

Journal Title: Право та інновації - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 13

Abstract

Problem setting. The article is devoted to some questions of researching policing, basic historical aspects of its genesis on the example of European countries and the United States of America, problems of administrative and legal regulation of policing in Ukraine, the improvement of the current Ukrainian legislation. Researches in the sphere of policing have got a special actuality in Ukraine recently, and it is because the one and only legislative act, which regulates the activities of the police in the country, is The Law of Ukraine “On the National Police” from 02.07.2015 №580-VIII. Studying and using gained experience of the foreign countries with successful models of policing organization, an appreciation of history is essential in order to improve the activities of the Ukrainian police. Target of research. The purpose of the study is the research and analysis of the theoretical basis, legislative acts, historical aspects of policing in order to outline main problems of the activities of the police in Ukraine and other foreign countries, especially the USA, and to improve Ukrainian legislative framework. Analysis of recent researches and publications. The following scientists analyze separate aspects of the question in their researches: H. Abadynskiy, Y. Avrutin, K. Belskiy, J. Vedel, I. Golosnichenko, S. Goncharuk, I. Gorshenyova, A. Gubanova, R. Drago, O. Pronevych, V. Shadrin and others. Article’s main body. With the adoption of The Law of Ukraine «On the National Police» a legal analysis of the essence and significance of policing has acquired a special meaning for further improvement of the Ukrainian legislative framework and the activities of the Ukrainian police. A special attention should be made to outlining the origins of policing in Europe and the United States of America: policing in the Western world began as a private affair and became a public, or governmental, responsibility. Policing in America looks as it does today largely because it was inherited from the English, beginning with the frankpledge system, the watchman system, and Henry Fielding’s Bow Street Runners. Taking into consideration the best models of policing organization in the world will be useful in the improvement of the Ukrainian law enforcement system in the context of decentralization of the power. Conclusions and prospects for the development. While improving the administrative framework which regulates the activities of the police in Ukraine one will certainly need to take into account the experience of the foreign countries, especially the United States, where the activities of the police are meticulously regulated and fixed in the current legislation. Further study of this issue will help to bring domestic legislation in the sphere of policing in line with the international standards.

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K. V. Solntseva

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