LEGAL BASIS, CURRENT STATE OF ORGANIZATION OF STATE CONTROL OVER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION UNITS OFTERRITORIAL BODIES OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL

Objective. To obtain results aimed at improving the organization of state controlover operational investigative activities carried out by criminal investigation units as a result ofthe analysis of regulatory legal acts and theoretical positions of scientists. Methods. The article uses the following methods of scientific knowledge: critical analysis ofpublications, analysis of regulatory legal acts, comparative method. Results. The article analyzes the positions of scientists, as well as the analysis of regulatorylegal acts on the issue under consideration. The conclusion is formulated that state control isdivided into: external (non-departmental) and internal (departmental). External control overoperational search activities is carried out by government bodies in accordance with regulatorylegal acts (Article 20 of the Federal Law on operational search activities). Scientific novelty. The work contains a comprehensive approach to solving the problem. Aconclusion is formulated regarding the content of state control over operational search activitiescarried out by criminal investigation units of territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairsof Russia at the regional level.