Release of image of police officer

The article is devoted to the problem of posting in the media, information and telecommunications network Internet photo and video materials containing the image of a police officer. The author has studied the legislation - the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws; analyzed judicial practice - decisions of the Plenums of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, decisions made by judges in civil proceedings on claims by police officers for the illegal publication of their images; The opinions of specialists in various branches of law on the identified problem were examined. The work carried out made it possible to state very serious discrepancies in the interpretation of laws and by-laws by judges. According to the overwhelming majority of judges, a police officer wearing a uniform and performing professional duties a priori has a public interest and social significance. This essentially deprives him of the right to protect his image. The author explains the fallacy of this approach; other legal grounds for publishing an image of a police officer without his consent are analyzed and explained; focuses on the circumstances that a police officer needs to take into account when going to court to protect the right to an image. The presented material may be of interest to police officers who are faced with situations of photo and video recording of their professional activities, and the subsequent publication of the image, as well as for further study of issues of civil protection of the legal rights and interests of police officers.