The evolution of personnel training in the Ministry of internal affairs of Ukraine

The article emphasizes that the historical development of the system of training personnel of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine is closely related to socio-economic, political and other internal factors that influenced the nature and content of management processes in this area. Done by the authors has carried out a comprehensive historical and legal study of the formation and development of the system of personnel training in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The evolution of the institutional framework and regulatory and legal principles of professional training of employees of internal affairs bodies from the Soviet period to the present day is analyzed. The features of the creation and functioning of higher education institutions of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, in particular police schools, colleges, institutes and academies, are considered. Considerable attention is paid to the analysis of legal acts that regulated the educational activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine at different stages, which allows us to identify trends and problems in the development of personnel training and staffing in the law enforcement sector. The relationship between reforms in the personnel training system and the nationwide processes of democratization, adaptation to European standards, and humanization of law enforcement activities is revealed. Based on a retrospective analysis of the genesis of personnel training in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, key stages of the formation and development of personnel policy are identified, namely: Soviet, independent, modern, which made it possible not only to identify the main trends and patterns of development of the personnel training system, but also to form well-founded principles for improving personnel policy in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The importance of historical experience for improving the modern model of police training, which should take into account both national traditions and current challenges - hybrid threats, digitalization, new security standards, is emphasized. The need to introduce a unified concept of professional development of the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, which will include continuous education, moral and ethical training, practice-orientedness and interdepartmental integration, is substantiated.