The credibility of the investigator as a means of ensuring the publicity of criminal proceedings

Introduction: the article presents the results of theoretical understanding of the procedural and public status of an investigator, some recommendations for the legislator, which can be used in the formation and implementation of criminal procedure policy in order to increase the credibility of the investigator. According to the author of the article, insufficient credibility of an investigator impedes the creation in society of the perception of justice in pre-trial proceedings, which makes it difficult to effectively implement the public function of criminal justice. Materials and Methods: the study is based on the method of materialistic dialectics. The question of increasing the credibility of an investigator is considered in conjunction with a number of other criminal procedural problems: the credibility of a judge, criminal procedural functions, functions of an investigator, and organization of pre-trial proceedings. In addition, general scientific methods were used: historical, sociological, formal-logical, analysis, synthesis, etc...