ENSURING THE PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL SECURITY OF A POLICE OFFICER IN CASE OF BRIBERY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION: RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN PRACTICES
Background . In the last decade, due to the development of Internet technologies and the availability of information recording means, the cases of police officers falling under the provocative behavior of citizens, including bloggers, correspondents, road users and others, have become more frequent. Moreover, the main negative aspect in this case is that such an unfriendly attitude of citizens towards police officers begins to take the form of open aggression. Police officers are subjected to the provocations of bribes and other corruption crimes. Unlike provocation, the commission of corruption crimes by officials is determined by the presence of intent and the absence of refusal to commit them. The increase in the number of corruption crimes among police officers also causes concern for the authorities and for the public. In this regard, it is very valuable to compare the practices of combating corruption manifestations in the structure of internal affairs bodies in the Russian Federation and some foreign countries. The aim of this research is to study the theoretical and legal frameworks of the institution of provocation, to analyze the provocative and related corruption crimes and to explore the measures to counter these crimes in the Russian Federation and some foreign countries. Materials and methods . The research tasks are achieved through the analysis of legal acts regulating the provocations of corruption crimes. The methodological potential includes the method of comparative legal analysis, with the help of which the authors compare Russian legislative acts and legislative acts of some foreign countries on the issues under study. Results. The problems of provocations of corruption crimes are investigated, the recommendations for preventing such manifestations are proposed, the main measures to combat corruption crimes in the Russian Federation and some foreign countries are analyzed. Conclusions. The provocative actions on the part of citizens against the authorities officials act as one of the forms of discrediting them, and can cause enormous damage. If police officers can correctly and timely perform actions to prevent provocation, then they will not only fulfill their duties to suppress the crime, but also protect themselves from possible discredit or even from being held accountable. In addition, police officers should have full awareness of the inevitability of liability for committing corruption crimes. The awareness formation is facilitated by a well-functioning mechanism for the suppression of such crimes, the improvement of which is also possible on the basis of foreign practices.