Participation of Association members in the International Scientific and Practical Roundtable on Current Issues of Crime Detection and Solving by the National Police

On February 19, the International Scientific and Practical Round Table "Current Issues of Detection and Solving Crimes by the National Police: Domestic and Foreign Experience" was held at the National Academy of Internal Affairs, in which members of our Association participated.

The scientific event was also attended by a representative of the State Police of Israel, Igor Shmoysh, an advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs on public rights, Serhiy Knyazev, heads of the departments of operational and investigative activities of the Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Kharkiv Universities of Internal Affairs and the Donetsk Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Serhiy Noskov, head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kyiv region, Andriy Nebytov, heads of the criminal investigation departments of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv, Vasyl Zvarych, and Yaroslav Kolesnyk, domestic scientists, and practical workers of operational units of the National Police of Ukraine.

Rector of the National Police of Ukraine, Volodymyr Cherney, noted in his speech that the relevance of the round table is due to the need to increase the efficiency of the National Police in detecting and solving crimes in the context of reforming state institutions, conceptual changes in the structure of law enforcement agencies and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in particular. The authoritative representation and wide geography of institutions, institutions, and organizations at the scientific meeting were made possible thanks to the active creative ties of the academy with international organizations, scientific schools, and practical units of the National Police of Ukraine, prosecutors' offices, the bar, and the judiciary, as well as expert institutions.

The Head of the Department of Operational and Investigative Activities of the National Police of Ukraine, Serhiy Tikhonov, and representatives of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine justified the need to revise the approach to the high-quality training of cadets, future operational officers, their narrow specialization, which requires strengthening the practical component of the educational process by involving practical officers in conducting classes, introducing new and innovative methods and approaches in operational and investigative activities.

The representative of the State Police of Israel, Igor Shmoysh, made a report on the features of the training and education of operational police officers, focusing on the regulatory framework that they are guided by in practical activities, and spoke about the structure of the criminal intelligence federal service of the State Police of Israel, which combats crime.

The report by Serhiy Knyazev, “Prospects for introducing the institute of detectives in the context of reforming the National Police,” caused a lively discussion. The Minister's Advisor noted that the state has implemented reform measures of a legal and organizational nature, aimed at reducing the level of crime, protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens in the best traditions of the European community. To implement advanced forms and methods of work to combat crime, the Department of Criminal Analysis and the Department of Strategic Investigations have been created within the structure of the National Police, and a detective service is being consistently formed.

In their speeches, representatives of the operational units of the National Police of Ukraine focused on the fact that in the conditions of aggravating the criminogenic situation and the reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in our state, the most urgent problems are the improvement of the detection and resolution of crimes by the National Police in view of the needs of operational-search and investigative practice, operational support of criminal proceedings, effective and efficient conduct of operational-search measures and covert investigative (search) actions in accordance with the updated legislation and high international standards.

The results of the International Scientific and Practical Roundtable will become the basis for further coordination of actions of specialists, representatives of scientific institutions, educational institutions, and practical units in the analyzed area. After all, only by joining the efforts of scientists and practitioners will it be possible to implement the main strategy in combating crime.