DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGISLATION GUIDED BY POLICE OFFICERS DURING THEIR SERVICE

Abstract

Abstract. In accordance with its obligations, Ukraine is adapting its anti-corruption legislation to the requirements of international legal standards. Measures aimed at preventing and combating corruption among police officers play an important role in this process. The author emphasizes that certain issues related to the implementation of anti-corruption legislation that arise during police service still remain unresolved, which requires their settlement and development of relevant proposals to legislative acts, as well as clarification by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. The author outlines the problematic aspects which arise when submitting the initial declaration of a “candidate for a position” by persons entering higher education institutions with specific conditions of study which provide police training. Proposals are made to amend the Laws of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” and “On the National Police” to address these shortcomings, namely, to exclude cadets of higher education institutions with specific conditions of study which provide police training from the financial control system.The author argues that Article 66 of the Law of Ukraine “On the National Police” should include such an additional type of activity as “teaching” which may be carried out by a police officer during his/her service, along with other types of paid activities – scientific and pedagogical, scientific and creative. It is stated that the lack of clarification by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption regarding the definition of creative paid activity has a negative impact on judges' consideration of cases of administrative offenses under Article 172-4 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses, and as a result, unlawful cases under this Article may be brought. The author suggests that the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption should provide a relevant in-depth explanation regarding the definition of the concept of creative paid activity and its components.

Keywords: anti-corruption legislation; prevention of corruption; National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption; declaration; conflict of interest; paid creative activity; part-time work.