ABOUT SOME FEATURES OF ACTIVITY OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES OF THE TRANSPORT POLICE
The article considers the main problems of ensuring law and order on transport routes in Russia and their solution by transport divisions in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office. The functions of preliminary investigative agencies are performed by investigative divisions of the Transport Police of the MIA and the Department of Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation within their powers. Multifunctional infrastructure, a significant amount of things of value, non-stop operation and availability of railway rolling stock, air and water vessels traveling in time and space, create certain difficulties in the investigation of crimes on transport routes. The police accompany a number of named express and slow passenger trains en route. However these police squads insure maintenance of public order and solve the questions related to the detection, prevention and suppression of administrative offences. In this connection, the article also covers the peculiarities of the transport police activities and specifically, special features of the activities of the preliminary investigative authorities during the investigation of thefts of personal property of citizens in passenger trains.