Police official as a subject of administrative and procedural relations: theoretical and legal aspect

Introduction. A wide range of tasks facing internal affairs bodies, a significant load on police officials, as well as the direct dependence of law and order on the effectiveness of their activities – all this determines the relevance of the search for ways to optimise the administrative and procedural status of a police officer. On a daily basis, police officials carry out proceedings on cases of administrative offences, regularly conduct reception of citizens (including complaints proceedings). A police official often has an official need to take part in administrative proceedings. In addition, within the framework of intra-organisational service relations, each police officer is a potential participant in disciplinary, performance appraisal and promotion proceedings. The aim of this article: on the basis of achievements of administrative-procedural theory to formulate new conclusions about the concept and content of the status of a police official as a participant of administrative-procedural relations, to classify types of administrative-procedural proceedings with the participation of police officials. Methods. General methods of cognition (comparison, analysis, synthesis, abstraction, system, structural and functional approach) were used in the work. Results. The concept of administrative-procedural relations, a participant of which is a police official, is formulated; types of administrative proceedings, a potential participant of which is a police official, are defined, and their classification by various criteria is carried out; some shortcomings of administrative-procedural legislation, enshrining the status of a police official as a participant of administrative-procedural relations, are revealed.