Development of social and professional competence of police officers in modern conditions of geopolitical transformations

Zhigalova Evgeniya Alexandrovna

The article substantiates the problem of increasing the level of competence of the police of the Russian Federation in the conditions of modern social and geopolitical challenges. This problem is correlated by the author, on the one hand, with the state concept of national security; on the other hand, with the understanding of the need for an adequate response of society to negative social transformations caused, inter alia, by the pandemic situation, the emergence of new types of offenses, the intensification of destructive actions. In these conditions, the solution is seen in the consolidation of civil society, constructive dialogue and cooperation of citizens with the police. This can only be ensured by improving the quality of the work of police officers themselves, developing their social and professional competencies. The article presents the characteristics of these competencies; analyzes the existing problems of their formation, notes the optimal, in the author's opinion, ways to solve them.

Keywords:national security, modern challenges, civil consent, police, social and professional competencies