OPERATIONAL RESPONSE AS A FUNCTION OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSE UNITS NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The content of the activity of bodies and subdivisions of the National Police of Ukraine, which carry out operative response, is revealed. It is argued that the organizational-analytical support and operational response units of the National Police of Ukraine play a central role in organizing the immediate arrival of police officers to the applicant or at the specified scene in order to stop the offense, identify and detain the alleged offender, preserve traces of the offense and provide assistance victims within the powers of the police. The algorithm of response of police officers to statements and notifications about criminal, administrative offenses or other events coming from citizens, according to the requirements of the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is clarified. The main problems that arise during the prompt response of police units to statements and reports of criminal, administrative offenses or events are identified. The average total time of assignment of tasks to police squads in the territory of the region and the average total time of arrival of squads to the scene in August 2020 were analyzed. The topical issue of organizing the response to reports of offenses and other events through the use of logistics devices involved in police teams is analyzed. Coordination of patrols is singled out as one of the means to reduce deadlines and improve control over the passage of information from the call center «102» to the main executor, which leads to a real reduction in the time of arrival of police squads to the scene. Also, the main means of activity of dispatchers have been identified, which allow to manage police squads and reduce the time to respond to applications and notifications of citizens. The own definition of operative response as one of functions of divisions of organizational and analytical maintenance and operative response of National police of Ukraine is formulated.