Relations of the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with the mass media and the means of increasing the effectiveness of information and propaganda work

Molotkov Mihail Borisovich PhD in Philosophy Associate Professor; Department of Administrative Law and Administrative Activities of the Department of Internal Affairs; East Siberian Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 664048, Russia, Irkutsk region, Irkutsk, Bauman str., 233/11, sq. 65 molotkovmihail@mail.ru

The development of partnerships with the media (hereinafter referred to as the media) is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Various aspects of interaction are the subject of constant attention of researchers ^[1]. The dynamics of digitalization and informatization processes has led to the transformation of the place and role of internal affairs bodies (hereinafter referred to as ATS) in the police-media system.

By providing information at the request of editorial offices, referring to the resources of numerous media platforms for the placement of preventive and educational materials, divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia independently create media content, form a media bulletin. Every year there are more materials about the activities of the department. In 2023, the number of reports, publications, and reports increased by almost 1.5 million compared to 2022 and exceeded 4,400,000 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation : ofic. website. URL: https://мвд.рф/news/item/45815549 ?ysclid=lrng6xg65b919384283. Date of publication: 01/13/2024). Materials about the activities of the Russian police began to occupy an essential place in the structure of the mass media.

The creative component of the media process, as its integral characteristic, cannot exist in isolation and outside the framework of the legal field, which is based on the rights and obligations of subjects.

The issues of legal regulation, legal support and support of media activities of the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in departmental science are given some attention. S. A. Soynikov contributed to the development of problems of administrative and legal regulation of mass media turnover in the Department of Internal Affairs. The scientist conducted a classification of the legal foundations of mass media turnover in the Department of Internal Affairs, identifying four groups: international legal, federal, departmental, advisory ^{[2, p. 33]}. As a rule, referring to the topic of organizing interaction between departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the media, researchers list legislative acts regulating the legal basis for organizing communications, consider the directions and tasks of operational and official activities in the media sphere, linking them, as a rule, with the issue of forming the image of the Department of Internal Affairs ^[3]. In general, the analysis of the scientific literature allows us to conclude that the problem of the rights and duties of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the media sphere has not become a topic of independent research. In our opinion, the elimination of this gap is an important task of departmental legal science.

A preliminary quantitative and qualitative analysis of the rights and obligations governing the legal relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the media sphere allows us to raise the question of their possible classification.

In our opinion, with regard to the police-media system, it is legitimate to put forward a hypothesis about the existence of three groups of rights and obligations enshrined in normative legal acts and differing in the systematic nature of law enforcement. The first group is the rights and obligations applied once. The second is the rights and obligations that arise episodically (as necessary, situationally). The third group includes rights and obligations implemented in daily activities on a systematic basis. In this context, it is reasonable to talk about the existence of one-time, episodic and everyday (regular) rights and obligations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the media sphere.

A one-time right is manifested in the exercise of the powers of the divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to establish a specific departmental media (Law of the Russian Federation No. 2124-1 of December 27, 1991 "On Mass Media" (hereinafter referred to as the Law) (Article 7) and Federal Law No. 3-FZ of February 7, 2011 "On Police" (hereinafter referred to as the Federal Law "On the police") (part 6 of Article 8). The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and its divisions actively use the right provided by the legislation. The leading role in determining the information content and orientation of departmental media belongs to the FKU "United Editorial Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia", which includes printed publications, online publication, TV channel, radio channel (United Editorial Office. Structure. Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation : ofic. website. URL: https://мвд.рф/mvd/structure1/Centri/FKU_Obedinennaja_redakcija_MVD_Rossii/Struktura . Date of application: 05/12/2024). The founders of print and online publications are also educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The right to establish a media outlet is perhaps the only right that can reasonably be attributed to the first group. As will be seen from the subsequent analysis, there are no other rights and obligations that could potentially be attributed to single-time rights in the legislation.

A significant place in the total scope of rights and obligations in the media sphere is occupied by a group of episodic rights and obligations. Episodic rights and obligations are updated in response to the actions (inaction) of journalists and editorial staff, and are the result of the initiative of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Among all the rights and obligations of this group, most often in practice one has to turn to the right to refute (Article 43 of the Law) and the right to demand from the editorial board the approval of messages and materials if the official of the Department of Internal Affairs is the author or the interviewee (Article 3 of the Law).

The right to refute arises on condition that, in the opinion of the Department of Internal Affairs, false media information is disseminated in relation to persons who have an employment relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. While securing the right to refutation, the legislator did not define a specific form (oral or written) of an appeal to the editorial board demanding a refutation, determining only the possibility of providing a text (corresponding to the requirements of the Law) of a refutation and the obligation of the editorial board in this case to distribute it (Article 43 of the Law).

The right to refute is one of the basic rights in the media sphere, allowing for a balance of interests aimed at protecting the interests of citizens and organizations.

The right to demand a rebuttal is relevant only if there is irrefutable evidence of the dissemination of false information and cannot be applied to other situations that are more suitable for the definition of "incorrect", "unethical" behavior.

The law cannot regulate every hypothetically possible action of journalists, allowing in many cases to be guided by the principle "everything that is not prohibited is allowed." Gaps in regulatory regulation can become a problem when one of the parties' ideas about ethical principles, about what is due, come into conflict with the actions of other participants in legal relations, generating a certain dissonance.

The situation is illustrated by the conduct of filming by journalists in police units in 2023, which was not coordinated with the departmental press service (let's go beyond the scientific style of presentation, solely for the purpose of illustrating the problem with characteristic examples).

On the TV channel REN.TV On August 8, 2023, a report by correspondent Artyom Morin was published under the headline "A policeman is suspected of a mass accident with victims in Vyksa" (REN.TV : ofic. website. URL : https:// ren.tv/news/v-rossii/1130892-pianyi-politseiskii-ustroil-massovoe-dtp-s-postradavshimi-v-vykse?ysclid=m10azn93c1882567906).

Plot plot - a journalist enters the office without an invitation, seeking to get a comment, however, he is rightfully refused. As a result, on the REN website.A text was posted on TV that very roughly reflects the dialogue between a policeman and a journalist, namely, "The police department in the city of Vyksa refused to comment on the situation. Referring to the break, our film crew was asked to leave the building."

The story was continued on November 23, 2023 in a report published under the headline "A traffic cop was caught trying to evade responsibility after an accident with victims" (REN.TV : ofic. website. URL : https://ren.tv/news/v-rossii/1164879-gaishnika-ulichili-v-popytke-uiti-ot otvetstvennosti-posle-dtp-s-postradavshimi?ysclid=m10asb8f24751389112).

The plot of the story - the correspondent purposefully arrived at the unit and at the checkpoint addressed a question on the merits to an employee (on duty or on duty), who a priori cannot have information or, having it, does not have the authority to provide it. As follows from the voiceover, "they did not want to communicate with journalists at the local police department, and the man in uniform with whom the film crew talked said, "all questions are through the press service of the police department." This time, journalists asked the press service for comment, however, the final text, "the employee has already been dismissed from the police, and questions regarding the investigation have been left unanswered," is indicative and leaves no doubt about the negative tone of the plot.

Similarly to the first report, the journalists arrived at the unit without prior approval, and the comment of the press service was rather a background, which was eventually given a negative connotation. Obviously, submitting material in this way does not form a positive opinion about the police, and the technology and methods of collecting information are hardly ethical.

It is worth noting that the lack of coordination of filming does not mean that the actions of journalists are illegal. According to article 47 of the Law, a journalist has the right to seek, request, receive and disseminate information, visit state bodies and organizations or their press services (parts 1 and 2). It is allowed to make recordings, including using audio and video equipment, film and photography, except in cases provided for by law (Part 6).

Arriving at the units, making video recordings, taking actions to receive comments from police officers who are a priori not authorized to carry out press communications, journalists aim to get a more "vivid emotional picture".

On the one hand, the legislator did not formally establish the obligation to notify the press service in advance of the intention to arrive at the unit for video filming. On the other hand, objectively, such actions of reporters receive a negative assessment from the staff of the press services. This is quite understandable. Journalists are aware of the right to contact the press service, the possibility of promptly obtaining information, including in the format of interest (personal comment of an official, if available - photos and videos of events, etc.).

In our opinion, the meaning of the norm granting correspondents the right to visit government agencies is precisely the opportunity to receive information (in the form of comments, video recordings, etc.) from authorized officials. Without the assistance of police officers, video filming is usually limited to the surrounding area and the entrance group of the unit. Obtaining comprehensive and objective information by the editorial board is the result of cooperation between a journalist and employees of information and public relations departments. As A.V. Chervyakovsky correctly notes, "The most reliable information is obtained from official sources" ^{[4, p. 89]}.

Representatives of the departmental press service proceed from a balance of interests in the process of implementing the provisions of the Law, which obliges, at the request of editorial offices, to provide information on the activities of the Department of Internal Affairs (part 4 of Article 8 of the Federal Law "On Police"), but leaves the right to choose a specific form of providing information, the nature of the participation of officials.

Following the "letter of the law", the head of the Department of Internal Affairs has the right to refuse journalists to provide a personal comment with the possibility of video recording, addressing questions to officials in an offline dialogue mode. Monitoring of the media sphere objectively shows that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia does not abuse this right. The conclusion of S. V. Melnik and N. A. Malyshev is logical, who believe that "the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is by far the most open law enforcement system ..." ^{[5, p. 125]}.

The formal absence of violations of legal norms by journalists in the preparation of materials should not be a reason to justify the inaction of officials. A possible tool for responding to publications that negatively highlight the activities of the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, but at the same time distributed by the editorial office without violating the Law, in our opinion, is a more consistent introduction of such a form as proactive preparation and sending of information and business letters.

In relation to the analyzed situation, the leitmotif of the letter should be doubts about the ethics of the act of journalists, the existing risks of undermining trust and partnerships, and as a result, an offer to contact the press service for comment in order to obtain prompt and objective information.

Let's assume that an offensive position on this issue will have its own result. Journalists are interested in cooperating with the police press service, they feel the need to receive detailed information about the facts, details and nuances of events, therefore, possible disagreements in the long term contradict the interests of the editorial board.

Informal standards and rules recognized by the professional community are an essential element of any profession. In the process of interaction between the police and the media, a certain system of standards and rules should naturally develop. The problem of ethical principles of journalism is not new. Efforts to develop, adopt and, most importantly, follow the provisions of ethical codes remain an urgent task of the professional community. Among the principles underlying the professional ethics of a journalist, researchers single out, "... the manifestation of decency, good manners, respect for the honor and dignity of the individual" ^{[6, p. 38]}. In the context of the above, we propose to consider it a professional standard for journalists to contact the press service before directly arriving at the unit, coordinating the participation of police officers in the process of preparing reports of a problematic nature.

The algorithm of actions in situations that carry reputational risks for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has previously become the subject of departmental law-making. By Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 385 dated June 19, 2018 "On improving the interaction of units of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with the media", units are charged with monitoring the media (paragraph 4.4.), immediate response to materials containing false information or criticism (paragraph 4.2.), informing the media about response measures to materials containing false information or criticism of the activities of the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, their employees, federal government civil servants and employees (paragraph 1 of Appendix 2). It is obvious that monitoring, and most importantly, prompt response to publications containing a negative context, should become an important element of the internal organizational administrative activities of the Department of Internal Affairs, the subject of management activities of the head of the territorial Department of Internal Affairs.

Defining a general algorithm for responding to materials containing false information or criticism, the above-mentioned normative legal act does not contain specific provisions regarding actions in certain typical situations, leaving the form and content of the editorial response to the discretion of the head of the Department of Internal Affairs.

In this context, the problematic issue is the response to critical materials. A special feature of such materials is a reliable factual basis, supplemented by personal judgments and assessments of the journalist, to which the journalist is entitled according to paragraph 9 of Article 47 of the Law. Scientific interest in the problem of critical materials was observed in the 2010s. The opinion was expressed about the positive role of criticism in improving the activities of the Department of Internal Affairs ^{[7, p. 49]}.

The exercise of the right to refute and send informational and business letters requires delicacy, tact, legal accuracy and verification of the message text. Monitoring the results of responding to proposals set out in information and business letters and demands for refutations is a necessary condition for improving the effectiveness of advocacy work. In this regard, attention is drawn to the opinion of A. G. Suprunov and O. A. Malyutin, who believe "... that damage to reputation can be caused both by illegal actions and as a result of inaction, slowness, low activity and ineffectiveness of measures to protect business reputation on the part of its bearer" ^{[8, p. 38]}.

As already noted above, police officers periodically turn to the right to demand from the editorial board the approval of messages and materials, provided that the authorship of an official of the Department of Internal Affairs or participation in the role of the interviewee (Article 3 of the Law). The right to consent arises regardless of the initiative of the editorial office or the Department of Internal Affairs to conduct an interview. The latter should be distinguished from other common formats of communication between the Department of Internal Affairs and the media, such as a briefing or press conference, during which officials are not authorized to require approval of materials prepared for publication. The exercise of the right to coordinate interviews requires the high professionalism of the press service staff. The semantic elements of the publication should be corrected and edited, leaving the journalist the opportunity to choose the style of presentation and presentation of the material.

Occasionally, one has to resort to the right to refuse to provide the requested information if it contains information constituting a state, commercial or other secret specially protected by law. In such cases, there is an obligation to prepare and deliver a notification of refusal to provide the requested information to a representative of the editorial board (Article 40 of the Law). In the practice of the Department of Internal Affairs, requests of this category are, as a rule, oral in nature and make up a small proportion of requests on other topics, therefore, interaction with the editorial board on this issue is limited to explanations regarding the impossibility of providing information.

Accreditation occupies a separate place in the system of rights and obligations. The obligation to accredit journalists arises if the editorial office submits an appropriate application (Article 48 of the Law, part 5 of Article 8 of the Federal Law "On Police"). Accreditation issues are regulated by the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 725 dated June 27, 2015 "On Approval of the Rules for Accreditation of Journalists of Mass Media under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its Territorial bodies" (hereinafter - the Rules). The Rules set the time frame for submitting an application for accreditation (paragraphs 7-8), the categories of officials authorized to consider applications for accreditation (paragraph 16), the form and content of the application for accreditation (paragraphs 9-12), the grounds for refusal of accreditation (paragraph 17).

In our opinion, accreditation is rather a certain legal formalization of relations with the media, which distribute materials on socio-political and legal topics on a systematic basis. The law establishes equal rights of editorial offices to receive information regardless of the fact of accreditation, therefore, the status of an accredited correspondent does not provide special advantages. There is also an opinion in the scientific literature that accredited journalists still receive certain "organizational preferences", expressed in the duties of the bodies that accredited journalists to notify them in advance of meetings, meetings and other events, provide transcripts, protocols and other documents, create favorable conditions for recording ^{[9, p. 183]}. Cooperation with accredited media, being a priority, should not displace the task of maximizing audience coverage by posting materials in media that have not applied for accreditation.

An occasional duty should include the publication of materials from reports of officials of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The frequency of publication, types and content of reporting materials are established by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia No. 1011 dated December 26, 2023 "On Approval of instructions on the organization and conduct of reports by officials of territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia". Heads at the regional and district levels conduct reports once a year, and district police commissioners - at least once a year.

The reports of the heads of territorial internal affairs bodies at the regional level to deputies of representative authorities are of the greatest interest to the journalistic community. The structure of the report assumes disclosure of the results of work on the protection of public order and public safety, protection of citizens' rights from criminal encroachments, measures to ensure public trust and support. There is a practice of inviting correspondents directly to the session to cover the report of the head (IrkutskMedia : ofic. website. URL: https://irkutskmedia.ru/news/1711772/?ysclid=m1bjlyczd7363834519. Date of publication: 03/27/2024).

The considered episodic rights and obligations have different meanings and are unevenly distributed in the general communication system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs-the media. In a kind of hierarchy of episodic rights and obligations, the leading role belongs to the right to refute, to exercise the authority to respond to critical materials. That is why we have paid more attention to this aspect.

The realization of everyday rights and the fulfillment of regular duties are the main content of the activities of the Department of Internal Affairs in the media sphere. Everyday rights and responsibilities include, -

1. Selection of the subject of messages and preparation of materials, selection of relevant forms of information dissemination, involvement of police officers to participate in media events (Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 8 dated February 9, 2009 "On Ensuring access to information on the activities of State Bodies and local Governments" (Part 2.1 of Article 7; Articles 10, 13-14) Federal Law "On Police" (part 4 of Article 8); Law (Article 38)). Within the meaning of part 4 of Article 8 of the Federal Law "On Police" and Article 38 of the Law, informing the media at the request of editorial offices, as well as in other forms, is the responsibility of the police. Attention has already been drawn to the freedom of discretion in choosing the forms of providing information and reasonable use of the right on the part of departmental press services. An almost identical provision is contained in part 3 of Article 8 of the Federal Law "On Police", according to which, "The police regularly inform state and municipal authorities, citizens about their activities through the media, the information and telecommunications network Internet ...".

The Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated June 19, 2018 No. 385 "On improving the interaction of departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with the mass media" defines the subject of information messages distributed both on the initiative of the police and as part of the response to external events. The obligation has been established to publish the official position of the department regarding facts and events that have received a wide public response and are within the competence of the police ^{[10, p. 47]}. The publication of the official position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on topical issues of public life, legislative innovations, and legal initiatives has become a common practice. As an example, the placement of information (official position) on the issue of introducing administrative liability for exceeding the "average speed" (the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is against holding drivers accountable on the basis of fixing the "average speed" and time limits on information boards and signs. Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation : ofic. website. URL: https://мвд.рф/news/item/44935608 ?ysclid=lrngn47a41116451990).

2. Information content of the official website (taking into account the categories required for placement). Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1060 dated August 10, 2011 "On Approval of the List of Information on the Activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Posted on the Internet information and telecommunications network" established the categories of information required for posting. The provisions of the document were consistently developed in the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated February 26, 2018 No. 109 "On the procedure for preparing and posting information on the activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the Internet information and Telecommunications network" (hereinafter - the order).

The categories of information have different content, so the frequency of posting or editing content depends on many factors. The content of the official website is attributed to our daily duties due to the need to carry out daily monitoring of the data to be posted, to keep them up to date. The document does not contain an exhaustive list of information posted on the official website. The information required for placement can be determined by other regulatory acts.

So, for example, according to paragraph No. 6 (appendix No. 2) of the heading "Information category", information about district police officers of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is limited to data on the surname, first name, patronymic, phone, e-mail, reception hours, address and location of the police station on the map (order).

At the same time, the requirement to post materials on the reports of district police officers is contained in the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated December 26, 2023 No. 1011 "On approval of instructions on the organization and conduct of reports by officials of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (paragraphs 15 and 27). .

In this context, paragraph 48 of Appendix No. 2 of the order is relevant, providing for the possibility of publishing other information about the activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to be posted on the Internet information and telecommunications network in accordance with federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

A certain "dispersion" of requirements for the publication of specific information, in our opinion, does not lead to a decrease in the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the occupancy of departmental Internet sites, does not reduce the effectiveness of information and propaganda work.

The trend of openness, orientation to new media formats and social networks has been consolidated in Federal Law No. 270-FZ dated 07/14/2022 "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Ensuring Access to Information on the Activities of State Bodies and Local Governments" and Article 10 of the Federal Law "On Ensuring Access to Information on the Activities of Courts in the Russian Federation Federation". The regulatory legal act obliges state and local government bodies, subordinate organizations and courts to create and maintain official pages on the Odnoklassniki and VKontakte platforms ^{[11, p. 43]}.

3. Prior notification of accredited journalists about meetings, meetings and other events, provision of transcripts, protocols and other documents, creation of favorable conditions for recording (Article 48 of the Law). The Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 725 dated June 27, 2015 "On approval of the Rules for Accreditation of Journalists of Mass Media under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies" defines two forms of informing the editorial board about events - by posting information on the official websites of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the Internet and by sending notifications to the e-mail addresses provided by the editorial offices of the media (paragraph 2.2.). The topic of providing accredited journalists with materials (press releases, statistical certificates, etc.) was not reflected in the order. In our opinion, this issue should be classified as professional standards of communication with journalists and organization of press events that do not require special regulation.

The presented classification of the rights and duties of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the media sphere, disclosure of their content, allows you to structure the process of media communications, make it more predictable and manageable, timely see problems and emerging trends.

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs-mass media system, an initiative information policy is a condition for achieving the set goals. It is necessary to agree with I. N. Dryuchina regarding the leading role of the Department of Internal Affairs in interaction with the media, which "... should assume the role of moderator ... take over the management of law enforcement communications ..." ^{[12, p. 102]}.

A promising area of organizing work in the media sphere is the formation of an image through the use of the potential of the film industry. At the same time, the problem of responding to negative, untrue aspects of police activity shown in films remains poorly understood. The right to artistic fiction and the right of the Department of Internal Affairs to business reputation may potentially come into conflict. According to V. V. Zudaeva, the image of a police officer in television series and feature films is not always presented to the general public in the form desired by law enforcement officers ^{[13, p. 125]}. In this regard, the development of a mechanism that allows to maintain a balance between the right to freedom of creativity and the right of the Department of Internal Affairs to reputation, an objective reflection of their activities, is an urgent task.

Most of the norms that consolidated the basic rights and obligations of ATS in the media sphere were adopted in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The acceleration of social dynamics, political and economic processes, poses the task of constant scientific analysis to researchers and, based on it, develop proposals for improving legislation regulating legal relations in the media sphere.

The analysis of the roles and responsibilities of the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the media sphere allowed us to come to new conclusions and results.

For the first time in legal science, a classification of the rights and duties of the divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the media sphere has been proposed. The content of three groups of police rights and duties in relation to the Ministry of Internal Affairs-Media system is highlighted and disclosed. The first group is the rights and obligations applied once. The second is the rights and obligations that arise episodically (as necessary, situationally). The third group includes rights and obligations that are implemented on a daily basis. The classification criterion is the systematic application of rights and obligations. Proactive exercise of rights, a balanced approach to the performance of duties, allow the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to act as a full-fledged subject of the media sphere.

A proposal was made to more actively introduce the institute of information and business letters into the process of communication with the editorial board. The importance of professional and ethical standards in the process of interaction between the press services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the media in order to form truly partnership relations with representatives of the mass media is revealed.

A promising topic for further study is highlighted, namely, the development of legal tools, methodological recommendations for responding to negative, untrue aspects of police activity shown in films.

Summarizing the results of the study, it is reasonable to conclude that the implementation of a consistent policy aimed at realizing the rights and duties of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, taking into account the patterns of functioning of the media sphere, focusing on managing information processes, is a condition for solving a wide range of operational and service tasks.