PROTECTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL HONOR AND DIGNITY OF A POLICE OFFICER IN WAR

. The purpose of the research is a comprehensive analysis of theoretical and applied issues related to the protection of professional honor and dignity of police officers, development of recommendations aimed at improving the mechanism of legal protection of personal non-property rights of police officers, and substantiation of proposal for improving the legislation. The methodological basis of the study is a dialectical approach to the knowledge of theoreti- cal and legal categories of honor and dignity. The scientific tools of the work comprise the principles of objectivity, systematicity, integrity, pluralism of knowledge of the civil doctrine on the protection of personal intangible assets. Results. A comparative legal analysis of the legal categories of honor, dignity, professional honor and dignity of a police officer was conducted. The mechanism of responsibility for insulting a police officer in foreign countries was studied. It was established that the essence of protecting the profes- sional honor and dignity of a police officer is not only the ethical rehabilitation of the victim but also the creation of a positive image of the police officer. Conclusions. The article notes that the professional honor and dignity of a police officer acts both as an object of private legal protection and an object of public legal protection. It was proved that under declared martial law, it is inadmissible to limit the protection of professional honor and dignity of police officers only by civil and administrative means. It is proposed to provide for criminal liability for insulting a representative of law enforcement agencies in the performance of their official duties, in particular, in wartime. Criminalization of the relevant offense, along with civil and administrative liability, will be an adequate way to protect the honor and dignity of a police officer and an effective means of preventing such offenses.