Organizational and Legal Features of the Activities of the Police Patrol Service

In each country, special bodies are created, the main purpose of which is to protect the rights of citizens, the protection of law and order and the rule of law in the country. It is impossible to overestimate the significance of the activities of these structures, since without the implementation of the protection of law and order and the rule of law, no state can function properly. The protection of law and order in the country largely depends on the effectiveness of the police patrol services, which are the main means of ensuring the fight against offenses and crimes. The patrol service ensures law and order not only on the streets, in parks, markets, in crowded places, but also enforces law and order on railway transport, water transport. Their duties include: monitoring compliance with traffic rules, maintaining unchanged crime scenes, identification of minors who find themselves in difficult life situations, etc. The list of responsibilities of the SWSP staff is very extensive and varied. Their work is by no means easy and inconspicuous. The protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens and their property directly depends on the quality of their service. Seeing the significance and diversity of activities of patrol officers, the negative attitude of citizens towards them is even more bewildering. Of course, a large number of crimes and offenses are committed in the country, which could have been prevented and stopped. In this situation, not only the police officers are to blame, who did not prevent their commission, but also the citizens themselves, who often refuse to cooperate with the police and consider it right to hush up and not even notice the illegal behavior of other citizens. The high level of committed offenses and crimes is also the fault of the PPSP employees themselves, who did not properly fulfill their official duties to protect the rights of citizens and their property. The above indicates the relevance of the chosen topic. The scientific article is devoted to the organizational and legal features of the activities of the police patrol service.