The article features of dynamics of post-traumatic symptoms and displays of personal desadaptation of the police officers who have carried out operational and service tasks in special conditions are considered. The empirical study involved 195 police officers aged from 26 to 32 years. Techniques: the standardized multifactorial method of research of the personality (L.N. Sobchik), the questionnaire of traumatic stress I.O. Kotenev. As a result of research it is established, that over time, changes of personal features, posttraumatic symptoms often proceed latently in the form of progredient (towards increase or decrease) or "wave-like" orientation (with alternation of periods of improvement and deterioration of a condition). Symptoms of "intrusion", "avoidance" and physiological hyperexcitability increase from the moment of performance of operational and service tasks in special conditions, and stabilize after three years. Neurotic control, pessimism and social introversion increase linearly. Optimism, distress and flashbacks of psychotraumatic events decrease progrediently. In the post-traumatic period from 1.5 to 3 years, the number of persons with signs of emotional lability, rigidity, non-productive tension and chronic fatigue grows. After 4 years, impulsiveness and aggravation increase, and the ability to withstand emotional stresses decreases. Practical recommendations for psychological rehabilitation of the specified negative manifestations are offered.

It is stated that in recent years, in civil society and legal science there has been growing interest regarding the problem of the police officer’s image in the social conscience. Many scientific articles devoted to this theme have been published, where such issues as forming the police officer’s image in the mass media, appreciating the police activity by civil society, searching for ways of forming the positive police officer’s image, etc. are of special interest. This scientific research was aimed at appreciating the peculiarities of perceiving the professional image of law enforcement officers. In the course of the research 92 police officers were interviewed through filling the anonymous questionnaire in google-forms. Trainees of the management faculties and postgraduates of the scientific-pedagogic personnel training faculty of the Academy of Management of the MIA of Russia were the research participants. The data collection was accomplished by means of filling the google-forms. The research was conducted in anonymous format. It was stated that the application of the psychosemantic approach allowed to obtain more reliable information from the respondents than the methods of direct questions. The data were collected over the period from April to June 2020. The semantic field containing 828 words was obtained by means of applying the method of free associations to the incentive “image of law enforcement officers”. The obtained associations were classified into some semantic groups. Such service as https://облакослов.рф was used for selecting the largest semantic units. It allowed to visualize the most frequently used associations (100 of them) in the form of “word cloud”. The research results identifted the key importance of such words as “law”, “responsible”, “honest”, “to protect”, “to help” and others when characterizing both the image and professional activities of police officers. Conclusions: 1) the application of the psychosemantic approach in the research of the professional image allowed to study the representation of law enforcement officers; 2) the activities of the law enforcement units responsible for moral and psychological training are considered as effective since the professional image of law enforcement officers is formed from the semantic markers of positive connotation, reflecting their functions related to law protecting and ensuring security and social health. The study was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research within the framework of scientific project No. 20-013-00423.

The aim of the research in this work is to study the features of psychological manipulation and ways to neutralize it as components of the activities of the heads of the internal affairs body of the Russian Federation. The phenomenon of "manipulation" has been studied by researchers in this field for a long time. In general terms, it means a sequence of some intentions and actions, the final result of which is not obvious to those to whom it is directed. The development of the global information and communication environment makes various theoretical and applied knowledge of a specific property available to a wide range of people and creates favorable conditions for the use of this knowledge for the purpose of manipulation and manipulative influence on certain social groups, entire social systems and their individual representatives. By the nature of their activities, the heads of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation often have to deal with psychological manipulation, the involvement in which is related to official necessity. A study (survey) was carried out with the participation of 50 students of the management faculty of the Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia aged 30 to 55 years, the purpose of which was to study the features of psychological manipulation in the activities of the head of the internal affairs body of the Russian Federation. The results of the study showed that there is a need to develop the manager's competence in the field of manipulative influence. Today in psychological science and practice there are many technologies for the use, recognition and protection from psychological manipulations, which can be successfully used by the heads of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in managerial activities, but this requires special training from them.

he main areas of research into the consequences of extreme situations associated with the participation of police officers in counter-terrorism operations are related to assessing the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder and other destructive effects on the psyche. In the framework of this study, the authors show that the experience of participation in extreme situations can have productive effects associated with increased vitality. The study involved employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 21 people (all men) undergoing training to participate in counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. Data collection methods: Mississippi scale for assessing post-traumatic reactions (military option); test of viability S. Muddy (in adaptation D.A. Leontiev, E.I. Rasskazova). The experience of participating in hostilities, the activity of an internal affairs officer is highly stressful and traumatic, associated with the need to overcome aggressive pressure and provide assistance in situations of suffering and helplessness, which is also a traumatic factor. However, none of the participants were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The following pattern was established: the younger the employee and the less experience he has, the less pronounced his violations associated with being in extreme conditions. Employees with experience in counterterrorism operations perceive risk situations not as destructive, but as natural for the implementation of professional tasks. The greatest contribution to adaptation strategies to cope with the consequences of experiencing traumatic situations is made by such viable beliefs as willingness to perceive any situation as useful and risking for the sake of achieving a better result, as well as the belief that any difficulties can be overcome and the employee’s efforts are enough to deal with them. It is these characteristics that make the maximum contribution to the stability of employees of internal affairs bodies to the effects of psychotraumatic factors and ensure a high level of their resilience.

many studies conducted on the personality of police officers focused on such negative aspects as stress, emotional burnout, professional deformities, which led to minimal positive-oriented research. The purpose of the study is to replenish the growing amount of knowledge about the psychological capital and involvement in the official activities of police officers. The article presents a comparative analysis of psychological capital and involvement in work (official activity) police officers. Research in the field of positive psychology and psychological capital shows that human resources and psychological strengths help to increase the efficiency of a police officer. Currently, psychological capital is considered as an important concept that helps police officers cope with complex operational and service tasks in various conditions of the situation. The work requirements resource model is presented, which explains the relationship between work requirements, work resources and work engagement. The study showed that psychological capital really affects the level of involvement in the official activities of police officers, in particular, the psychological capital measurement hope affects the activity of the measurement of involvement in work (activity).