Features of the formation of professional readiness of police officers for detention using firearms

The lawful and professionally organized detention of individuals suspected or involved in committing offenses and crimes is one of the main objectives of the professional activities of the internal affairs bodies, and it is one of the socially significant indicators of its effectiveness. The procedure and grounds for the use of coercive (psychological or physical) measures by officers against the object of detention are strictly regulated by current legislation and by-laws. Thus, in order to detain a certain category of offenders, as well as to prevent or suppress undesirable actions on their part, police officers are given the right to use a preventive threat of firing a firearm, or to use the firearm for warning shots or forcible (in order to suppress a dangerous attack) fire. The need to make and implement a decision to use and apply the weapon for these purposes arises both during the conduct of.