The article reveals the relevance of the research of personal and professional development of civil servants in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia It analyzes the leading approaches to the development of the problem of personal and professional development that have developed in foreign and domestic psychology, which allows us to state the following: personal and professional development should be considered as part of a person’s life, as a specific form of development in the process of professionalization and individualization due to external determinants and internal activity of the individual.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the perspective directions of psychological work and psychological research in the field of improvement of activity of the state traffic Inspectorate. In the course of a questionnaire survey of 101 experts were identified and described diverse scientific and practical areas, organized in groups such as 1) psychological problems of behaviour of road users; 2) psychological problems of management of the state traffic Inspectorate; 3) psychological problems of activity of employees of the state traffic Inspectorate. Critically examine the suggestions of the experts, assessed the feasibility of each proposal in science and in practice. On the one hand, the analysis allows us to prioritize in carrying out departmental educational and research organizations of research work in the field of psychology of road safety, to guide young scientists on the actual demands of practice. On the other hand, made a step for the reconciliation of interests and expectations of clinical psychologists with opportunities for departmental science.

The purpose of this study is to identify the component parts of the subjective vitality in the officials and other personnel of internal affairs divisions and to reveal the difference between these data and those of similar-ranked professionals in civilian organizations. On the conceptual level one's subjective vitality is viewed through the personality's attitude to the genesis of its inner forces compared to the scale and feasibility of one's projected plans in various areas of activity. Based on the subject-activity approach, the concept of personality's psychological safety and the resource-based concept of stress we actualize the role of subjective vitality in health behavior. 80 individuals were examined using the Russian adaptation (made by Alexandrova L.A) of the methodology for identifying the subjective vitality developed by R. Ryan and C.Frederic within the framework of the self-determination theory. The study found that civilian staff and officials of the internal affairs divisions have the lowest subjective vitality, whereas in the officers of internal affairs divisions it is near average. It is revealed that women working within the Internal Affairs are more distinguished by "unstable vitality".