DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL CULTURE AS THE AIM AND RESULT OF ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

Professional culture of law enforcement official is a manifestation of their general culture in the exercise of official powers. Its content organically combines professional and personal qualities that embody a system of value relationships, positive motivation to exercise official powers, professional knowledge and skills directly related to the legal grounds and ways of effective exercise of official powers in the field of criminal procedure, investigative and administrative activity. Identification of the essence of professional culture and justification of ways of additional professional education in its development among law enforcement official is carried out from the perspective of culturological and competence-based approaches. Prospective strategies of additional professional education of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the field of improving the substantive and procedural means of professional development of employees of law enforcement official are disclosed. Presented options for the inclusion in the content of additional professional programs elements aimed at the development of law enforcement official value orientations, communication skills, abilities to build a constructive interaction with different categories of citizens, the expansion of psychological and pedagogical knowledge, providing a productive solution to the tasks assigned.