Abstract: The author examines the crucial role of professional training in the formation of psychological attitudes of police officers. The subject of the research of this article is the psychological attitudes identified by the police officers themselves, as well as those that need to be formed in the process of vocational training (vocational training). The object of the study is police officers with individual psychological potential. The author of the article examines in detail such aspects of the topic as the effectiveness of professional activity, in particular, the relationship of the basic categories: need, interest, motive, goal, reflection; the content of the educational material, the study of which should focus on a personality-oriented approach. The main conclusion of the conducted research is the focus on the fact that the thematic curriculum for the interdisciplinary course "Moral and psychological training" fully allows to form basic psychological attitudes that allow to more effectively carry out professional duty. The author's special contribution to the research of the topic is that the author emphasizes the importance of psychological attitudes, such as empathy, communication skills and the ability to solve problems, in building positive relationships with the subjects of interaction. The novelty of the study lies in the proposed psychological attitudes that have a beneficial effect on the personality of a police officer, on the realization of their personal potential.

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The article considers the problems of professional training of citizens who joined the internal affairs bodies of Russia. The author gives theoretical interpretation to the problem and demonstrates the interrelation between such categories as need, motive, result, and emotion. The author pays attention to the personal attitude of professional training students affecting their choice of professional activity, particularly, the service in internal affairs bodies. The research object is the professional training students studying the police officer program. The research subject is the personal attitudes of students during professional training. The author finds out that the only need to get some knowledge and skills is not enough. Of great importance is the motivation of students, their understanding of their professional duty and will to perform official responsibilities at a professional level. The author notes that the moral and psychological potential of a person has an important role as it affects the personal development of an officer. It’s been established that the result of students’ work depends on their personal dedication. Particularly, their commitment, life orientations and guidelines affect the active involvement of students into the educational process, their performance, professional skills acquisition, formation of competence. 
 

Abstract: The subject of research covers such categories as “professionalism” and “competence”. These concepts are considered from the general scientific viewpoint, and with respect to internal affairs officers. The author studies the criteria of professionalism, the levels and types of competence. Competence is the most important component of professionalism of internal affairs officers. The research object is professional competence of internal affairs officers which is understood to be an ability to protect life, health, rights and liberties of an individual and a citizen, public order, and property, to ensure public safety, to combat crime, in particular, under the conditions requiring use of force, special means and firearms, and in an emergency. The author concludes that professional competence of internal affairs officers is a complex concept which includes the range of personal traits, the ability to apply the acquired knowledge, and the knowledge itself. Using the outcome-based approach to the educational activity, the author focuses on the modular variant of professional training of internal affairs officers. The organization of internal affairs officers into modules depends on their duty position. The author enumerates the main advantages of such an approach: the contents of modules allows acquiring comprehensive professional knowledge; different levels and types of competence are being implemented. The gained professional competence in professional training programs for internal affairs officers promotes the formation of consistent vision of professional tasks. 
 

Abstract: The author gives attention to one of the topical issues related to image making. In the history of science, the prerequisites to the formation of an image of professional workers were studied. The article describes two approaches to the study of image: the philosophical one and the sociological one. The author compares philosophical and sociological views with the image of a police officer and notes the resemblance of the main requirements to image making. The methodological base includes general scientific and specific methods. The first group includes analysis, synthesis, generalization, comparison and description. The second one - questioning. The author studies the opinion of students about the work of the police and concludes that public opinion can’t form a particular image of the object under study, but merely evaluates it using the given criteria. Image is represented as a combination of individual psychological characteristics helping to perform professional tasks.