Partnership Relations Between the National Police and the Community in the De-Occupied Territories of Ukraine

The purpose of the article is to determine the essence and features of partnership relations between the National Police and the community on the basis of current Ukrainian and foreign legislation, different opinions of scientists, and empirical data, as well as identify the main problems and propose effective methods of solving them in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. The methodological basis of the study is comparative legal and systemic analysis, formal legal method, interpretive method, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis. The partnership of the National Police with the population was characterized and its features were revealed. In the context of the research topic, individual points of view of scientists regarding building an effective partnership between the police and the community were considered. Such legal categories as “occupation”, “de-occupation” and “reintegration” of territories were characterized and their features were distinguished. The problems of organization and functioning of partnership relations between the National Police and the community were considered. A conclusion was made about the importance of cooperation with active residents of the community in the de-occupied territories with the National Police in order to more effectively prevent new crimes. Taking into account the current legislation and positive international experience in this field of legal relations, optimal directions and forms of interaction between the National Police of Ukraine and public formations in the de-occupied territories were proposed.