Requirements for Police Officer’s Personality in Terms of Globalization and the Implementation of International Standards of Law Enforcement Officers’ Conduct

D. V.  Shvets; N. O.  Rastorguyeva

doi:10.32631/v.2021.3.29

D. V. Shvets Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1999-9956
N. O. Rastorguyeva Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-2767

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32631/v.2021.3.29

Keywords: police officer’s personality, professional identity, democratic basis of policing, rule of law, international standards of law enforcement activity.

Abstract

The emphasis has been placed on the fact that the training of law enforcement officers must currently take into account the global challenges to society, the state and the international community.

The purpose of the research is to determine the requirements for the police officer’s personality in terms of globalization and the implementation of international standards of law enforcement officers’ conduct. The tasks are to determine the list of topical issues that should be taken into account during the training of police officers, and to outline the main characteristics of a modern police officer in accordance with international standards of law enforcement officer’s conduct.

The following requirements to the police officer’s personality have been singled out on the basis of international documents: ability to be at the same time the representative of a society, the state and the law; respect for the law, honesty, professionalism; intolerance to any action that constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, intolerance to corruption; intolerance to racism and xenophobia; ability to show prudence, tolerance, maturity, sense of justice and communication skills, and if necessary – leadership and organizational qualities; indifference to politics that ensures objectivity of policing and equal treatment of citizens; high professionalism, honesty, impartiality and efficiency, taking into account only the public interests and the interests of the people they serve to, etc.

It has been concluded that the educational process in higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine given the current requirements and threats, as well as taking into account the provisions of international law enforcement standards, should be aimed at: 1) providing in-depth study of international human rights standards and law enforcement officers conduct in order to guarantee a positive development of future police officer’s personality; 2) updating and expanding the methods of problem-based learning in order to form the competencies provided by international standards of law enforcement activity; 3) using interactive forms, methods and innovative tools that allow to form the relevant personal qualities of police officers by modeling situations of professional activity; 4) practical training on the use of force and its permissible limits in terms of the principles established in the field of human rights, in particular in the European Convention on Human Rights, and in relevant law enforcement practice, which should be a part of police professional training at all levels.

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Author Biographies

D. V. Shvets, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Docent, Honored Educator.
First Vice-Rector.

N. O. Rastorguyeva, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs

Applicant for the second (master's) level of higher education of the faculty № 1.

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