Abstract: In the context of modern transformation of Russian statehood, attention to the problems of law enforcement activities improvement has strengthened. The problems of specialization of police structures have become of a key importance. It’s no coincidence that during the recent decade, the process of formation and development of criminal investigation has been actively studied. The topicality of the problem determines the object, subject and purpose of the research. The research object is the process of formation and development of criminal investigation service in Irkutsk province, the research subject is the implementation of this process in the work of Irkutsk police. The purpose of the research is to define the sense, tendencies, patterns and contradictions of this process. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the analysis of the process of formation of criminal investigation service in Irkutsk province. The specificity of organization of criminals detection in Irkutsk province was determined by the specificity of local law enforcement activity. To the extent possible, local administration was trying to carry out criminal investigation in the region using the standard organization of the police work. But such an organization was in contradiction with the requirements imposed on it. Police were not able to organize proper criminal investigation due to the variety of tasks they faced. It turned out to be impossible to organize criminal investigation by independent units in Irkutsk province. Experience proved that the system of financial support for criminal investigation of that time didn’t allow creating special investigative units. This factor determined the appearance of “private detectives” under the jurisdiction of Irkutsk police. However, the insufficient financial support resulted in the poor quality of investigative activity which usually erupted into illegal activities. Remarkably, the necessity to create organizational structures of criminal investigation was much more urgent than in other regions of the country, which is proved by persistent actions of the province administration. 
 

Abstract: The authors consider the peculiarities of internal affairs officers training for emergency mitigation in air transport. The problem of underpreparation of police officers for emergency and search and rescue operations in specific circumstances of emergency mitigation in air transport hasn’t been solved during a long time by now. The adoption of optimal forms and promising educational methods in the process of professional training of internal affairs officers is believed to be one of the ways to solve the problem. The article considers the possibilities of using the methodology of situational approach for the organization of training in the form of staff exercise, tactical and special training and tactical and special exercise. The authors suppose that the introduction of such educational forms into the educational practice will allow forming the necessary professional competencies. The use of staff exercise, tactical and special training and tactical and special exercise in the educational process not only helps develop the required skills, but also trains psychological resistance which helps perform operational tasks of this type fully and within the allotted time. 
 

Abstract: The authors consider the peculiarities of professional education of internal affairs officers. The subject of research is the analysis and selection of tactical training techniques. At present, there’s a problem of incomplete knowledge and practical skills in the field of tactical actions of police units in special circumstances. One of the promising ways to solve this problem is to use the techniques giving the opportunity to optimize staff training in order to form competencies helping to accomplish operative tasks. The authors use the method of generalization of pedagogical experience, as well as the methods of deduction and induction. 
The scientific novelty of the study consists in the use of the proposed technique as a complex of methods and forms of staff training for actions in emergency situations. Such a technique helps develop skills and correct the contents of educational goals and tasks in accordance with new challenges and threats, and is supposed to be one of the most promising directions in raising the effectiveness of professional training of internal affairs officers.