The postmodern era poses special challenge for police: the transition from the archetypal role of a warrior to the role of a servant. Purpose. To determine the level of Ukrainian police officers` burnout and effect of the gender, tenure and primary workplace (field work or office service) on it. The study involved police officers of the National Police of Ukraine (age -20-45 years, n = 129 -men, n = 55 -women). The questionnaire was applied. The results of the questionnaire were processed by mathematical statistics methods. 53.8% and 30.4% of the officers revealed high and average levels of emotional exhaustion respectively. Only 15.8% officers revealed low level of depersonalization (≤6 points) a reduction in their personal accomplishment (≥39 points). The correlation analysis was performed by the Kendall rank correlation coefficient. The study did not reveal a statistically significant relationship between burnout and gender. However, a slight negative correlation of tenure and burnout was revealed. This requires further research of young officers, in particular, their job expectations. The primary workplace is identified as a significant predictor of emotional exhaustion (τ Kendall=0.192),) and aggregated global measure of burnout (τ-Kendall=0.179). The revealed condition and structure of occupational burnout of Ukrainian police officers testify to its risk level and the necessity of its constant monitoring and psychological support. The implications and limitations of research and practice are discussed.

Purpose. To determine the condition, structure and key predictors of job satisfaction of Ukrainian police officers. The study involved police officers of the National Police of Ukraine (age – 19-50 years, n = 203 – men, n = 52 – women). The questionnaire was applied. The results of the questionnaire were processed by mathematical statistics methods. coworkers, supervision and the nature of work. The most significant correlation is revealed between the gender and the level of satisfaction with fringe benefits, pay, operating conditions. Ukrainian subordinate police staff members less satisfied with the job than their line managers (average means are 108.2 and 117.6 respectively). The correlation matrix indicates that there are no multicollinear factors: all aspects of job satisfaction of police officers do not have a high correlation with each other (r<0.7). The multiple regression analysis confirms that the level of satisfaction with some aspects of the job (promotion, supervision, coworkers and communication) explains 82.6% of the sample. Such data can be considered the most influential predictors. The revealed condition and structure of satisfaction of Ukrainian police officers testify to its risk level and the necessity of its constant monitoring. The level of the police officers physical fitness confirmed a weak correlation with the total condition of job satisfaction. It is required a separate study devoted to the police officers, whose activities are associated with the significant physical load.

The objective of this article is to formulate the definition of the notion of disciplinary responsibility of police officers, to highlight and study the features of this legal phenomenon in the legal system of individual European states. The research was carried out on a complex of general and special scientific methods. In particular, was used the hermeneutic, the logical method of convergence from simple to complex, the logical-semantic, the logical-legal, the comparative-legal method. The author of this article has studied the features of the disciplinary responsibility of police officers. The author focuses on the fact that the disciplinary responsibility of police officers has a number of features: 1) police officers are subjects of special disciplinary responsibility; 2) the content of a disciplinary offense (misconduct) of a police officer is broader than that of persons who are not in the public service; 3) the number of disciplinary sanctions applied to police officers is wider than for employees who are not in the public service; 4) the procedure for bringing to disciplinary responsibility of police officers of Ukraine is specific; 5) employees of the National Police of Ukraine are brought to disciplinary responsibility in case of committing any offense (criminal, administrative, civil).

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