Typical errors allowed by police employees during proceedings in case of administrative offenses

The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation defines the powers to draw up protocols on administrative offenses, a significant part of which fall under the jurisdiction of the internal affairs bodies (police). More than two hundred articles of the aforementioned Code are referred to the powers of internal affairs bodies (police), under which officers carry out proceedings on cases of administrative offences. A significant list of areas of activity, competence in which police officers are required to show competence, gives rise to mistakes made in proceedings on cases of administrative offences. Undoubtedly, a number of mistakes are made due to the fault of the officer in connection with a formal approach to the implementation of certain instructions of supervisors, but quite often mistakes are made due to incorrect interpretation of the law or due to the imperfection of the latter. This article discusses some of the most common mistakes made by police officers and ways to eliminate them. Materials and methods: the normative basis of the study is administrative and tort legislation, materials of law enforcement practice. The author analyzes judicial acts based on the materials of the internal affairs bodies, the presentations of the prosecutor's office methods of generalization and description are applied. The Results of the study: the most common mistakes made in the proceedings on cases of administrative offenses, as well as the reasons for this are summarized. Findings and Conclusions: in conclusion, the author suggests methods aimed at preventing errors in the proceedings on administrative offenses.