Abstract: The research subject is educational relations emerging in the process of professional training of newly-admitted police officers. The research object is the unified professional training programs for internal affairs officers implemented at educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and professional training centers for regional internal affairs departments. The authors analyze the peculiarities of implementation of educational programs based on the unified professional training programs, and the problems educational institutions face during their implementation. The authors formulate the solutions helping to improve the considered unified educational programs, and optimize the work of educational institutions under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The authors offer a mechanism of radical unification of professional training programs for internal affairs officers, which is based on the implementation of two versatile professional training disciplines. The solutions offered will help prevent the unplanned increase of teaching load and overcrowding in classes in case the officers of various positions are enrolled at the same training group. The authors suggest changing the contents of the disciplines “Firearms training” and “Physical Training” aimed at the increase of professional competence of internal affairs officers.

Abstract: The research subject is the algorithm of students self monitoring of their shooting training results and the scope of theoretical knowledge in firearms training which are recorded in a self monitoring diary. Students are offered to fill in the sections and columns of a self monitoring diary in accordance with the conditions and standards of exercises of the Firearms training guidelines of internal affairs agencies of the Russian Federation approved by the decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia of November 21, 2017 No 880. The research object is the fire discipline of persons being trained in internal affairs bodies of Russia with no prior service. Based on the results of the research of the peculiarities of professional training of internal affairs officers with no prior service, the authors formulate the main sections of a self monitoring diary and offer the variant of a diary design. A shooting results self monitoring diary was tested at firearms training and firearms grenade throwing skills improvement lessons in the course of professional training programs for privates, junior, middle and senior commanders of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation.