
PRESENTATION OF THE MONOGRAPH OF AN OUTSTANDING SCIENTIST – MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION
The Odessa State University of Internal Affairs hosted a presentation of a new monograph by an outstanding domestic scientist - Member of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities, Leading Researcher of the Research Laboratory on Problematic Issues of Law Enforcement Activities of the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, Retired Major General of the Police Vodko Mykola Petrovich - “Formation of a Policy for Counteracting Criminal Offenses in Ukraine (Operational and Investigative Aspect).

Opening the event, the Deputy Chairman of the Association, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor Serhiy Albul, noted that in modern conditions, criminal policy is developed as a result of a compromise of the positions of all branches of government and the public regarding the development of specific measures to combat crime. Today, domestic realities require the formation of a qualitatively new policy to combat criminal offenses. In many ways, the scientific developments of modern researchers will contribute to the formation of such policy directions.

The presentation was attended by members of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities, the scientific and pedagogical staff of the departments of operational and investigative activities, criminal process, criminology, forensic medicine and psychiatry of the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs.

The guests of honor were the Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Odessa region, Police General of the Third Rank V.P. Prysyazhnyuk, the Head of the Department of Criminology of the National University "Odessa Law Academy", Doctor of Law, Professor V.V. Tyshchenko, the Head of the Department of Criminal Procedure of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", Doctor of Law, Professor Y.P. Alenin, and representatives of scientific institutions of the Odessa region.

The monograph examines the content and goals of the policy of combating criminal offenses in Ukraine and its component - operational-search policy, the prospects for the formation of the latter in the conditions of the introduction of the new Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, taking into account the introduction of European legal standards and norms into law enforcement activities. The author makes proposals for improving the operational-search and criminal-procedural legislation of Ukraine.
During the lively communication, the participants of the event unanimously noted that the monograph by M.P. Vodka will be really useful for the scientific and pedagogical staff, postgraduate students, adjuncts, cadets and students of higher legal educational institutions, employees of state bodies carrying out operational-search and criminal-procedural activities.