Requirements to the public operational search action of informal questioning, whose results are presented in criminal procedure
This article discusses the requirements for exercising the public operational search action of informal questioning, which are not regulated by law. The relevance of this issue stems from the growing importance of operational search activity in general for identification, detection, investigation, and prevention of crimes. The article aims to analyze the practice of using the results of a publicly performed operational search action of informal questioning in criminal procedure, and to suggest recommendations for their most effective implementation. This objective was achieved with the help of general scientific methods (analogy and comparison) and special scientific methods (comparative legal and formal legal methods). The author concludes that the rules of a public operational search action of informal questioning, whose results are used in criminal procedure as proof, should align more closely with the procedure of similar legal proceedings while maintaining its characteristic aspects that are determined by the distinctive nature of operational search actions.