Organization of Activities of the Patrol Police of Georgia in the Sphere of Ensuring Road Safety

Abstract

The article analyzes the organizational structure and powers of the patrol police of Georgia in the field of road safety. It has been determined that the main body for managing the activities of the patrol police of Georgia is the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, whose tasks are defined as: ensuring public safety and law and order, preventing and combating offenses; protection of individuals and legal entities from illegal encroachment on their rights, freedoms and legitimate interests; ensuring the safety of road users, monitoring compliance with traffic rules, taking measures to prevent road accidents. Based on the analysis of the provisions of the Law of Georgia «On Police», the Code of Administrative Offenses of Georgia and the Instruction on the Rules of Patrolling, the Patrol Police Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia determined that the patrol police of Georgia in the field of road traffic safety has the authority to regulate traffic, apply police measures, stop vehicle, removal of drivers from driving a vehicle, consideration of cases of administrative offenses and the imposition of administrative sanctions. It was revealed that the patrol police of Georgia is cooperating with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure on improving the road network and the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the provision of police and administrative services to citizens. The main directions of the implementation of the experience of the patrol police of Georgia into national practice have been determined, in particular, in terms of the adoption of certain normative acts on the organization of patrolling (the so-called Charter of the patrol police), amending the existing normative acts on expanding the rights of patrol police officers to conduct measures to identify a person, initiate the adoption of certain instructions, orders, provisions on the automatic recording of traffic violations, amending the Law of Ukraine "On the National Police", granting powers to the patrol police of Ukraine in the field of creating a safe road network, as well as countering violations of the rules of parking, stopping and parking vehicles, creating an autonomous Patrol Police Service Center and ensuring its interaction with the centers for the provision of administrative services.