THE ROLE OF THE LEGAL AWARENESS IN EVALUATING POLICE PERFORMANCE
The article examines the importance of the axiological components of legal awareness in the formation of a positive image of the police. Attention is paid to the relationship between legal awareness defects and the negative attitude of the population to the activities of law enforcement agencies. The article gives a critical assessment of the tradition in legal science to define legal nihilism as a deep immanent characteristic of Russian society. It substantiates the need to activate the participation of internal affairs agencies in legal education.