INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LEGISLATION ON THE USE OF FIREARMS BY THE POLICE

Anatolii NATOCHII, Yurii VOLKOV

NATOCHII A., VOLKOV Y. (2023), INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LEGISLATION ON THE USE OF FIREARMS BY THE POLICE; Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, № 2, 400-406

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2023-2-400-406

 

ABSTRACT. The article highlights the national legislation of Ukraine in the sphere of the use of firearms by police officers, analyzes and researches the use of firearms by police officers in Ukraine. International recommendations on the transformation of legislation on the use of firearms by police officers have been studied. The authors emphasize the most useful recommendations for Ukrainian legislation and the solution to the issue of their consideration.

Some problematic issues that have been investigated by other scientists are highlighted, and a number of problems and contradictions that arise when it is necessary to use firearms are identified. In addition, the importance of police activity in various spheres of social relations was noted. According to the legislation of Ukraine and the legislation of many countries around the world, firearms are considered the most severe means of coercion, as they pose a serious threat to the life or health of persons against whom they may be used. Therefore, the world community pays attention to the improvement of certain legal norms regarding the use of firearms. Some aspects of the use of coercive measures by employees of the National Police of Ukraine during the performance of official duties were considered. A police measure is one of the key constituent functions of a police officer, which consists in the fact that a police officer has the right to apply actions or a set of actions of a preventive or coercive nature to a person. Having analyzed the international legal acts regarding the application of coercive measures, we can conclude that they are more clear and well-balanced regarding the settlement of the mentioned issue. On the basis of international legal acts regarding the use of firearms, police officers are considering the implementation of coercive measures on lawful grounds in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine.

Keywords: firearms, application, use of firearms, international legislation, national legislation, police officers.

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