ORGANIZATION-LEGAL FUNDAMENTALS OF POLICE ACTIVITY AT END OF THE 18 <sup>th</sup> CENTURY and MIA (MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS) : COMPARATIVE-LEGAL ANALYSIS
In article author analyses legislation of the 2 <sup>nd</sup> part of the 19 <sup>th</sup> century on reformation of Russian Empire police bodies. In the past and today police was and is examined as element of state mechanism, carrying out struggle against crime and doing many administrative and social functions. In article conclusion about interrelation of police reforms with reforms in social-economic and political life of state is done.