Problems of citizen participation in community policing

The article deals with the problems of involving citizens in the protection of public order: - imperfection of social security measures and material incentives for persons taking part in the protection of public order, in particular, people's volunteer patrols; insufficient material and technical support for the activities of people's volunteer patrols; - Problems related to the recruitment of citizens to volunteer patrols; - low motivation of citizens to help and assist internal affairs bodies in protecting public order and public safety - Problems of enshrining the legal status of people's vigilantes in terms of their use of physical force - Lack of legal norms in the criminal legislation, aimed at protecting the life and health of persons taking part in the protection of public order. Materials and methods: the normative basis of the study is formed by the norms of the current Russian legislation regulating public relations that develop in the field of assistance to the population to the internal affairs bodies to ensure public order and public safety. The methodological basis of the study was the general dialectical method of scientific knowledge, which is universal in nature, the methods of logical deduction, induction, cognitive methods, comparison, analysis, synthesis and description. The results of the study: made it possible to formulate generalizations and proposals aimed at improving legislation in the field of citizens' participation in the prevention of offenses and the protection of public order. Findings and Conclusions: In order to improve the mechanism of interaction with citizens who assist in the protection of public order, proposals have been formulated to improve the legislation on the participation of citizens in the protection of public order.