Some Aspects of Coordination of Activities and Information Support of Information-Communicative Services of the System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Abstract

In the new working conditions of the National Police of Ukraine, when the basis of activity is the prevention and prediction of offenses and crimes, solving crimes in hot pursuit, there is a steady tendency to further increase the volume of information about the causes of individual crimes and the conditions conducive to their commission, to find the most effective forms and methods prevent them. So, now in the activities of the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine there are topical issues of analysis of the regulatory framework of the state information and communication policy, the right to cover and comment on the activities of public authorities, in particular, the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the interaction of the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine with the public , features of the activities of the press services of the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine as a source of official information, the principles of planning and activities of press services based on regulatory documents, scientific and methodological literature and foreign experience, as well as the main goals, functions and tasks of the press service, is the basis design and construction of the organizational structure of the communication units of the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to determine some aspects of coordination of activities and information support of information and communication services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Methodology. In preparing the article, certain general scientific and specially scientific methods of cognition were used, in particular: historical, philosophical and legal, comparative, systemic, functional, generalization. Scientific novelty. As a result of an empirical study, it was determined that solving the problem of forming the information and communication policy of the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and civil society requires institutional, organizational, financial and scientific support. An important role in a democratic society is played by the press services. They bring information about the activities of state authorities, in particular, the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to citizens, timely respond to events that concern the population. The problem of information and communication activities of the National Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is of particular importance during the transition period and the formation of civil society. Under these conditions, the information and communication activities of law enforcement agencies are important, primarily as a factor in the formation of a new type of state-society relationship, and the rejection of the model of irresponsibility of state bodies. Conclusions. An analysis of the problem of determining some aspects of the coordination of activities and information support of information and communication services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine showed that, in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine, information and communication services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is an integral component of administrative law entities. The legal status of these services is a combination of tasks, functions, rights and duties that they exercise in legal relations arising between the information services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other law enforcement units, the media, labor collectives, and the population. The implementation of these rights and obligations is aimed at achieving the goal of the functioning of the information services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ensuring the fulfillment of tasks related to interaction with the media, the public, public organizations in order to prevent crime, informing about the state of public order in the state, measures by law enforcement agencies, to strengthen and form a positive image of the police. Improving the activities of the information services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ensure public order also requires the establishment of their effective interaction with public human rights organizations. The forms of such interaction can be very diverse – from informing each other about the results of their activities, to implementing joint actions to identify and suppress violations of human rights and freedoms in various areas of law enforcement. To ensure the effectiveness of this interaction, it is advisable to implement it on scientific principles.

Keywords: information policy; National Police of Ukraine; information and communication services; information support; coordination of activities.