PUBLIC CONTROL OVER THE ACTIVITY OF THE NATIONAL POLICE IN UKRAINE

In modern conditions of formation of civil society in Ukraine, more and more opportunities are created for the emergence of new forms, methods and other tools for public control over the activities of public administration bodies, including the police. Today, the police play an extremely important role in the state and public life of the country. After all, the police are the structure that has the ability to legally use coercion, and therefore can respond quickly to violations of human rights and freedoms, compared to other bodies. The article reveals the features of public control over the functioning of the National Police in Ukraine. The public and authoritative nature of the administrative activity of the National Police bodies, which is always under the purposeful public supervision and consists in the implementation of the administrative and legal powers assigned to the National Police in the interests of society, is analyzed. Citizens’ appeals are considered as a tool of public control over police activities and also one of the key tools by which the public responds to police activities.