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IEPDP-Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas - LUZ
Experience in the legal regulation of
international cooperation in police activity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3971.15
Oleksandr Mykhailyk *
Vitalii Yurakh **
Denys Denysiuk ***
Anastasia Korniichenko ****
Nadiya Shevchenko *****
Abstract
The objective of the research was to reveal the experience in
the legal regulation of international collaboration in the police
and further dene opportunities to use this experience in Ukraine.
The need to study the successful experience of administrative and
legal regulation of international police cooperation, is emphasized
in order to determine the possibility of using this experience
proactively, and developing ways to improve the quality of
administrative and legal regulation of international police cooperation in
Ukraine. Materials and methods based on the analysis of documentary
sources were used. It is concluded that the main advantages of administrative
and legal regulation of international police cooperation in the investigated
countries, should be taken into account to improve the mechanism of
administrative and legal regulation of international cooperation in the
National Police of Ukraine, with respect to implementing better and more
eective provisions of its activities, which includes: introduction of special
international training programs, retraining, advanced training (internship)
of police personnel for the creation of an institute for international
cooperation in various spheres of its activity.
* Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of History and Theory of State and Law Higher Educational
Institution "Interregional Academy of Personnel Management". ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-0644-1494
** Doctor of Jurisprudence, associate professor, associate professor of department of right and law-
enforcement activity of the Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University. ORCID ID: https://orcid.
org/0000-0003-1705-389X
*** Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Deputy Chairman of the Bucha District State Administration
of Kyiv Region, street Institutskaya, 22, Bucha, Kyiv. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-
9783
**** Doctor of Philosophy (081 Law), Senior Lecturer of Department of Law and Law Enforcement of
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University. ORCID ID: https://orcid.
org/0000-0002-7826-4386
***** Nadiya Shevchenko, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor of Administrative Law and Administrative
Procedure, Kherson Faculty, Odessa State University of Internal Aairs. ORCID ID: https://orcid.
org/0000-0001-8131-5757
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Keywords: international police experience; International cooperation;
prospects for implementation; comparative research; police
science.
Experiencia en la regulación jurídica de la cooperación
internacional en la actividad policial
Resumen
El objetivo de la investigación fue revelar la experiencia en la regulación
legal de la colaboración internacional en la policía y además denir
oportunidades para usar esta experiencia en Ucrania. Se enfatiza en la
necesidad de estudiar la experiencia exitosa de la regulación administrativa
y legal de la cooperación policial internacional a n de determinar la
posibilidad de utilizar esta experiencia proactivamente y desarrollar
formas de mejorar la calidad de la regulación administrativa y legal de la
cooperación policial internacional en Ucrania. Se utilizaron materiales
y métodos basados en el análisis de fuentes documentales. Se concluye
que las principales ventajas de la regulación administrativa y legal de la
cooperación policial internacional en los países investigados, debe tenerse
en cuenta para mejorar el mecanismo de regulación administrativa y legal de
la cooperación internacional en la Policía Nacional de Ucrania con respecto
a implementar mejores y más efectivos provisiones de sus actividades,
lo que incluye: introducción de programas internacionales especiales de
formación, reciclaje, formación avanzada (pasantía) de personal policial
para la creación de un instituto de cooperación internacional en diversas
esferas de su actividad.
Palabras clave: experiencia internacional policial; cooperación
internacional; perspectivas de implementación;
investigación comparada; ciencias policiales.
Introduction
In recent years, Ukraine has kept its course for European integration,
which requires it to bring domestic legislation in line with the EU legislation,
in particular this concerns legal regulation of international cooperation
between the bodies and subdivisions of the National Police. This state of
aairs presupposes necessity of studying foreign experience (including
European experience) in the legal regulation of international cooperation
in activities of police and international law enforcement organizations.
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Analyzing the process of formation of legal bases of cooperation in
police activity in the leading countries of the world, their essential
transformations and changes will give an opportunity to allocate directions
which are important for denition of conceptual bases for improvement of
administrative and legal regulation of international cooperation of bodies
and divisions of the National police of Ukraine.
The European integration course of Ukraine, bringing domestic police
legislation in line with the legislation of the EU countries and establishing
international cooperation between the bodies and subdivisions of the
National Police of Ukraine determine the necessity to study foreign
experience of administrative and legal regulation of international
cooperation in police activities as well as the necessity to borrow ways of its
introduction into the national system of law and legislation.
1. Literature review
I.V. Skorohod notes that the present day situation requires further
elaboration of development directions and more detailed analysis of their
prospects. On the one hand, not all experiences are successful and on the
other hand, as the author points out - not all experiences can be implemented
at once Research of international experience in legal regulation of
international cooperation of police activity in various spheres always causes
scientic interest, which is also connected with rather variable legislation in
the mentioned sphere (Kulish, 2020).
According to A.M. Chorna a number of reform processes is taking place
in Ukraine today, in particular, due to the fact that our country seeks to
integrate into the highly developed Western European community. This
explains the need to introduce rules and standards that are commonly
adopted in a civilized democratic world into all spheres of our public life.
In this regard, the study of foreign countries’ experience in formulation and
implementation of state policy in key areas of public life is of particular
importance (Chorna, 2018).
Successful foreign experience of the Armed Forces of Latvia, Lithuania
and Estonia shows that the eectiveness of the functioning and operation of
Armed Forces depends on a clear denition of key priorities in the sphere of
defense, chains of international cooperation and proper logistics. In order
to intensify international cooperation and implement NATO standards,
Ukraine has already taken a large number of steps toward closer integration
into the North Atlantic Alliance, but implementation of NATO standards
dened at the regulatory and legal level does not yet mean their actual
implementation, which requires a number of resources, including adequate
level of material and technical support (Chumak, 2019).
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Studying certain directions of activity of the police of Ukraine, in
particular counteraction to dierent forms of cybercrime taking into
account international experience, V.V. Chumak points out that international
activities of the cyberpolice of Ukraine acquires a special importance in
connection with the rapid development of information technologies that
destabilizes normal functioning of the cyber society , and violates rights and
fundamental freedoms of persons and citizens (Ilchenko, 2019). A reliable
guarantee of proper functioning of the European space of justice, freedom
and security consists in provision of the necessary level of law and order
not only on the territory of each member state of the European Union and
the entire international community as a whole, but also on the territories
adjacent to it.
Thus, as indicated by O.I. Bezpalova a characteristic feature of the
common space of justice, freedom and security is presented as the need to
ensure a harmonious combination of its two aspects: external and internal.
It is clear that the internal aspect of this space presupposes consolidation
of eorts of law enforcement bodies of the European Union member states
aimed at insurance of internal security and maintenance of law order
throughout the Community, creation of a number of specialized bodies
(institutions) whose activity should be directed at the promotion of the
work of national law enforcement bodies (Chumak, 2019).
Thus, taking into account that at present the Institute of International
Cooperation of bodies and subdivisions of the National Police of Ukraine is
at the stage of its formation, the urgent need is to study successful foreign
experience of legal regulation of international cooperation in police activity
in order to determine the possibility to use this experience in Ukraine and
to develop ways of qualitative improvement of administrative and legal
regulation of international cooperation of the police in Ukraine.
2. Materials and methods
Research of materials and methods based on the analysis of documentary
sources and normative legal acts of foreign countries. The dialectical
method of knowing the facts of social reality is the basis on which formal-
legal and rather legal approaches are largely based. The formal-dogmatic
method contributed to the development of the author’s explanation of the
current state, problems, problems and practical role of legal technologies
for the further development and improvement of police activities in foreign
countries (Myronets et al., 2021). The ocial legal method allowed to
suggest directions and types of use of legal technologies as prospects of
police activity in foreign countries.
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3. Results and discussion
Introduction of European standards and values in the social, legal and
economic spheres of the Ukrainian way of life, as well as introduction of
the world best practices in domestic legal thought entails not only changes
in existing regulations and dogmas, but also emergence of new norms and
rules which are sometimes contrary to the current legislation. A special role
in almost all European integration processes is played by changes brought
to the current legislation of Ukraine which Ukraine has undertaken to
implement in real life (Smirnova, 2010).
We would like to start the research with analysis of the administrative
and legal regulation of international police cooperation in France, where
protection of national interests has been determined as a priority direction
of activity of all public authorities (National Police of France, 2021).
The National Police of France (French: Police nationale) is one of the
two national police organizations of the country, along with the National
Gendarmerie of France. The National Police of France was created
on August 14, 1941 by the Vichy Government to replace the General
Directorate of National Security and came under the leadership of the
Fourth French Republic in 1946. The National Police is part of the French
Ministry of the Interior (hereinafter – the FMI). The National Police works
mainly in urban areas, and in rural areas law enforcement functions are
performed mainly by the Gendarmerie (National Police of France, 2021).
Since international police cooperation in France is at a fairly high
regulatory level the National Police has an international technical
cooperation service which takes care of international police cooperation
and denes criminal law, criminal procedure, criminology, organizational
law and international spheres of activity of the National Police of France.
It should be emphasized that the International Technical Cooperation
Service of the National Police closely cooperates with the Oce of
International Cooperation of the FMI, which serves as a guarantee of an
eective legal mechanism for implementation of international cooperation
of the Police of France.
Interaction between the mentioned subdivisions takes place on the
following principles:
• ensuring participation of each police ocer in international
cooperation in the relevant sphere of his activity.
• control by the International Cooperation Department of the FMI
over compliance with legislation in the sphere of international
police cooperation, assessment, and analysis for compliance with
modern challenges.
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• establishing eective cooperation between the National Police
of France and foreign police authorities and international law
enforcement organizations.
• taking into account opinion of the International Technical
Cooperation Service of the National Police during the formation
of agreements on cooperation of the National Police by the
International Cooperation Department of the FMI (Leheza et al.,
2021).
The mentioned body plays a coordinating role in the mechanism of
international cooperation of the National Police of France in order to
promptly resolve issues within its competence.
And nally, we should note that international cooperation between
the bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine and the National
Gendarmerie (Police) of France is an important component in the integral
mechanism for detecting and combating international threats (terrorism,
smuggling, human tracking) (Leheza et al., 2018).
Thus, the experience of legal regulation of international cooperation in
the activities of the National Police of France shows an eective system of
bodies engaged in international cooperation. Specially established bodies
for international cooperation are the key link through which police ocers
are able to more eectively perform their tasks and functions assigned to
them by law.
In our opinion, the experience of administrative and legal regulation
of international cooperation of such an International law enforcement
structure as the International Association of Gendarmerie and Police Forces
with Military Status (FIEP) is interesting. FIEP was established to develop
law enforcement and military cooperation and exchange of experience
between related entities. FIEP is an Association of Gendarmeries and Police
Forces with Military Status The purpose of FIEP (which was started from
the Armed Forces of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal) is to expand and
strengthen mutual relations, promote innovative and active analysis of
forms of police cooperation and appreciate its model of organization and
structures abroad (Leheza et al., 2020).
Therefore, it is clear that this organization is called upon to establish
international cooperation not only between the police authorities of the
Association, but also with other related bodies, such as the gendarmerie
and the National Guard. We should also point out activities of Nordic-
Baltic Network of Policewomen (NBNP), which was founded in April 2001
in Riga. Its members are presented by all the countries of the Northern
Europe - Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark, as well as by the Baltic
States - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which, as a member of the network,
actively participates in organized events.
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The main task of the NBNP is to promote equal opportunities for women
and men in police, increase the number of women in leadership positions in
police, and to establish good professional relations and exchanges between
police organizations in the Member States (Leheza et al., 2021).
This network strengthens professional relations and contacts between
member states and seeks to ensure equal conditions for national police
forces. Exchange of information and knowledge, creation of various
exchange programs for policewomen, as well as organization of conferences
and seminars are the main means for achieving the goals.
Thus, at present, the main tasks of the programs on which law
enforcement bodies of Ukraine cooperate with European structures are
to strengthen Ukraine’s capacity concerning ensuring implementation of
European international agreements in the sphere of crime prevention and
support of international security. Of course, many initiatives have been
implemented, but due to the challenge of the modern times many problems
in the legal sphere require further joint attention (Halaburda et al., 2021).
Conclusions
Thus, the main advantages of administrative and legal regulation of
international police cooperation in the researched countries, which, in our
opinion, must be taken into account when improving the mechanism of legal
regulation of international cooperation in the National Police of Ukraine for
better and more ecient ensuring their activities, are as follows:
• introduction of special international programs on training,
retraining, advanced training (internship) of police personnel on
issues of establishing the institute of international cooperation in
various spheres of their activity.
• establishing close international partnerships in the sphere of
forensic support between research forensic centers of the Ministry
of Internal Aairs of Ukraine.
• creation of an extensive network of counseling centers at institutions
with specic training conditions of the Ministry of Internal Aairs
of Ukraine in order to supplement the educational process with
mechanisms of international interaction of cadets and master’s
degree students and representatives of foreign police organizations
(law enforcement), institutions and services.
• ensuring deep and systematic interaction of the International
Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Internal Aairs of
Ukraine with other international police departments and services.
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• strengthening the role of the International Cooperation Department
of the National Police of Ukraine as a coordination center for
interaction of bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine
with other international law enforcement organizations, foreign
police bodies and services.
• active introduction of electronic interaction between cybercrime
counteraction units.
• establishment of international mechanisms for conducting
operational and search activities.
• introduction of an ethics code for police ocers on ethical standards
of international police cooperation.
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