The role of social audit in the management system of internal affairs bodies

Social audit is a relatively new phenomenon in our country. The development of a mechanism for the involvement of civil society institutions and the expert community in the process of forming a positive reputation of law enforcement agencies and legal support for this interaction is one of the promising areas of cooperation between the state and society. The subject of the social audit of law enforcement activities is objective, timely and complete information on the compliance of the regulations governing the work of the Department of Internal Affairs with the indicators of operational and service activities received from all levels of social and legal survey. Purpose: to determine the role of social audit in the management system of the Department of Internal Affairs, to identify areas of control within the framework of a comprehensive public audit of law enforcement activities. Methods: dialectical, system, logical, formal-legal, system-functional. Results: the features of the social audit of the Department of Internal Affairs are determined, potential directions of the social audit of the Department of Internal Affairs are identified and the distinctive features of each of them are investigated.