MUNICIPAL CONTROL OF POLICE: CURRENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

Purpose. To analyze the legal nature of supervisory powers in relation to police by the representative bodies of local self-government, review their regulatory framework and practice implementation. To formulate proposals, based on the analysis, to improve legislation and enforcement activities of representative bodies of local governments to implement the functions of parliamentary control. Methods: The methodological basis of the work amounted to general scientific and private-scientific methods, in particular the method of comparative legal research and legal and logical method, as well as other methods of scientific knowledge. Results: Revealed the essential features of control powers of representative bodies of local self-government over police, proves the necessity of securing the forms of the parliamentary control functions provided by federal laws, municipal legal acts, authors formulated proposals to improve the legal regulation and practice implementation of representative bodies of local self-government functions of parliamentary control. Scientific novelty: Scientific novelty. Substantiates the understanding of municipal control over police functions as the implementation of parliamentary control, based on an analysis of current legislation and municipal regulations proposals for improvement of the procedure of hearing the report on the activities of police in front of the representative bodies of municipalities and the citizens are formed.