Abstract: The subject of research is pedagogical support for the development of the career of an internal affairs officer as a component of the process of planning and development of an officer’s career which is considered in the context of organizational and educational process. The object of research is the process of an internal affairs officer’s career development. The purpose of the research is scientific substantiation of the effectiveness of using pedagogical support for the development of the career of an internal affairs officer. The author uses analysis and synthesis to formulate the concept of pedagogical support for the development of the career of an internal affairs officer. The author forms a research hypothesis based on the assumption that a focused, consequent and coordinated pedagogical support for the development of the career of an internal affairs officer promotes the formation of an integral system of organisational, educational, psychological and pedagogical support, the stimulation of the active role of officers in the process of planning and development of their career, and the improvement of the effectiveness of professional and personal potential of officers. The author arrives at the conclusion that the formulation of the concept and the consideration of the theoretical prerequisites of the problem, the essence and the contents, the current state of pedagogical support for the development of the career of an internal affairs officer will help create the system of effective stimulation of professional and personal potential of officers and their successful career growth. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that it is the first to consider the concept of “pedagogical support for the development of the career” of an internal affairs officer, and to reveal its contents and current state.