Criminal legal responsibility of a police employee for unlawfuluse of physical force, special equipment and fireware
It is established that a police officer has the right, while performing official duties, regardless of the positionhe holds, the time of day, to use appropriate measures of physical force, special means, firearms. However, theonset of criminal liability against a police officer may entail cases of their unlawful use. The need for a policeofficer to use physical force, special means and weapons may be provoked by relevant circumstances relatedto the implementation of necessary defense measures, the detention of a suspect, and in this case it isnecessary to refer to the norms of Articles 37 and 38 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, whichdetermine the appropriate conditions for lawful harm in the event of circumstances requiring the necessarydefense, as well as in connection with the detention of a person who is suspected of committing a certainsocially dangerous act. The analysis of the regulatory framework in the field under consideration showed thatit is important to attach importance to the implementation of legal awareness of police officers in the field ofthe use of physical force, special means and weapons in their official activities, as well as to determine thepriority in the knowledge of regulatory legal acts regulating the relevant professional activities of a policeofficer related to the storage, carrying of special means and firearms.