Solution of the Personnel Issue in the City Police of the Russian Empire at the End of the 18th – the First Qarter of the 19th Centuries: Normative and Legal Regulation

The article analyzes the evolution of the legislation of the Russian Empire in the field of personnel policy in the city police of the declared period. When considering the degree of the problem under study, special attention is paid to modern historiography. The source base of the study is represented mainly by the legal acts of the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th – the quarter third of the 19th centuries. The analysis of legal documents allowed the author to conclude that the dynamics of personnel policy in the field of work of city police in the late 18th – first quarter of the 19th centuries were aimed at strengthening public order and security. At the same time, the maintenance of the city police was shifted to the local authorities. A special role in the appointment of officer ranks in the city police was played by the Committee of August 18, 1814. It is noted that the following circumstances had an inhibitory effect on the implementation of an effective personnel policy in the field of public order. Firstly, the class structure of society limited the opportunities for recruiting and promotion of people from the unprivileged classes, which was also reflected in the different approaches to working with officers and lower ranks. Secondly, the solution to the problems of the city police was seen in increasing its staffing, and not in strengthening its material base, raising salaries, improving training and retraining of personnel.