Abstract: The object of the study is tactical and special training as a basic element of professional training of employees of internal affairs bodies.
The subject of the study is horror quests as a promising direction of psychophysical training.

The purpose of the work is to study horror quests as a promising direction for the introduction and adaptation of tactical, special and psychophysical training of law enforcement officers.
The set goal determines the objectives of the study, namely:
1. To reveal the role of psychophysical training in the system of tactical and special training of law enforcement officers, as well as its impact on overall professional fitness;
2. To consider the history, content and essence of horror quests as one of the most popular types of modern leisure;
3. To evaluate the possibility of adapting the concept of horror quests into the process of tactical, special and psychophysical training of police officers, as well as to consider ways of practical implementation of such adaptation.The scientific novelty lies in the justification of the application of the horror quest methodology in the psychophysical training of police officers.

Abstract: The research subject is the scope of legal and tactical aspects of the use of force, special means and firearms by police officers in Russia and the U.S. The research subject is the professional activity of police officers in Russia and the U.S. in terms of the use of force, special means and firearms against citizens violating public order. 
The author formulates the following research tasks: 


To study the aspects of enrollment and requirements to the candidates;


To analyze the peculiarities of regulation of active service performing;


To compare legal and tactical aspects of the use of force, special means and firearms.


The scientific novelty of the research consists in the comparative analysis of legal and tactical aspects of the use of force, special means and firearms by police officers in Russia and the U.S. The author believes that it is necessary to reconsider the legal grounds for the use of firearms by police officers even in the light of the fact that the frequency of violence used against police officers has recently increased by 12%, since legal regulations determine the tactics of the use of force, special means and firearms. The author arrives at the conclusion that each of the described systems has its positive and negative aspects which can be logically explained.