PROFESSIONAL STABILITY AS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF YOUNG LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

Abstract

The paper presents results of the study of the essence of professional stability and its role in ensuring the competitiveness of young internal affairs officers. The necessity of development of professional stability as a factor in ensuring the stability and success of professional activities to protect the rights is substantiated, based on the provisions of the anthropological approach, which considers a person in the holistic unity of its historical, social and cultural attributes. The concept of “professional stability of young internal affairs officers” is introduced, according to the identified features of law enforcement activity. Scientific novelty of the research includes: a) clarification of the peculiarities of the internal affairs officers’ service activities, the study of their impact on the formation of professional deformations, especially in young representatives of the agency; b) definition of the concept of “professional stability of young officers of the internal affairs”; c) establishment of interdependence of the professional stability and competitiveness of young officers of the internal affairs. The practical significance of the study is to determine the structural components of the professional stability of young officers of the internal affairs. This is the basis for the following criteria: a) refining the system of criteria and indicators used to evaluate the effectiveness of law activities; b) development of plans and training programs for young officers of the internal affairs to improve their volitional qualities, moral values and emotional-regulatory abilities.