The activity of the state inspection of road traffic of the Ministry of internal affairs of Russia as a subject of security of national security
The state in order to ensure priority areas of life of the individual, society and the state creates a system of national security. In the national security system, specialized bodies that protect and protect the rights and freedoms of the individual, called law enforcement, occupy a special place. The national security in the area related to the protection of the rights and freedoms of the individual, the provision of public safety, the protection of public order, and the fight against crime is provided by the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation. In the structure of the department, various units have been created that perform the basic tasks of the police within the framework of the main lines of activity. Ensuring road safety as part of public safety is entrusted to the State Inspectorate for Road Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (STSI). In the article, the authors consider the theoretical aspects of national security in the framework of ensuring road safety. The authors consider the traffic police as one of the subjects of ensuring national security in the field of road safety. Investigated the powers of the police in the field of road safety, it is concluded that all these powers are exercised by the police within the framework of functions in the field of ensuring road safety both with the use of state coercive measures (control and supervision, administrative jurisdictional), and without them (provision of public services). What is the meaning of the traffic police as a guarantor of road safety.