Personal protection in the system of security measures: problems of implementation and legislative prospects
Authors:
1.
Volgogradskaya akademiya MVD Rossii
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 89
to 94
Status:
Published
Received:
12.08.2025
Accepted:
29.09.2025
Published:
29.09.2025
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
Personal protection, state protection, participant in criminal proceedings, ensuring the safety of a participant in proceedings, protected person
Abstract (English):
Introduction. In the system of ensuring state protection of participants in criminal proceedings, such a security measure as personal protection occupies a central place, being one of the most popular and tactically difficult to implement. Its application ensures the safety of life, health and property of persons exposed to real threats in connection with their procedural status and assistance to justice. The relevance of the study is due to the need to increase the level of legal certainty in matters related to personal protection, organizational efficiency and technical equipment of the units implementing it. This is especially important in the context of intensified counteraction to organized crime and increased public danger of attacks on participants in the process. Methods. In the course of the study, the results of which are presented in the article, the general scientific dialectical method of cognition of the surrounding reality was used. In addition, regulatory and legal analysis, statistical and comparative legal methods, as well as elements of the systemic and formal legal approaches were used, which made it possible to comprehensively study the regulatory framework, summarize empirical data and develop proposals for improving legislation and practice in matters related to ensuring the safety of protected persons. Results. It was found that in 2024, personal protection was used more often than other types of state protection and demonstrated high efficiency - there were no cases of death of protected persons or harm to them. It was revealed that the successful implementation of this protection measure requires significant forces and resources, special training of personnel, interdepartmental interaction and strict adherence to established action algorithms. The main problems complicating the activities of units to ensure the safety of persons subject to state protection are identified: the absence of a legal definition of personal protection in federal legislation, difficulties in performing official tasks at facilities with a special access regime and in places of mass presence of citizens, limited opportunities for interaction with other structures. Recommendations have been developed for the regulatory consolidation of the definition of «personal protection», amendments to the Federal Law «On Police», and improvement of the logistical and personnel support of units implementing state protection of participants in criminal proceedings
Introduction. In the system of ensuring state protection of participants in criminal proceedings, such a security measure as personal protection occupies a central place, being one of the most popular and tactically difficult to implement. Its application ensures the safety of life, health and property of persons exposed to real threats in connection with their procedural status and assistance to justice. The relevance of the study is due to the need to increase the level of legal certainty in matters related to personal protection, organizational efficiency and technical equipment of the units implementing it. This is especially important in the context of intensified counteraction to organized crime and increased public danger of attacks on participants in the process. Methods. In the course of the study, the results of which are presented in the article, the general scientific dialectical method of cognition of the surrounding reality was used. In addition, regulatory and legal analysis, statistical and comparative legal methods, as well as elements of the systemic and formal legal approaches were used, which made it possible to comprehensively study the regulatory framework, summarize empirical data and develop proposals for improving legislation and practice in matters related to ensuring the safety of protected persons. Results. It was found that in 2024, personal protection was used more often than other types of state protection and demonstrated high efficiency - there were no cases of death of protected persons or harm to them. It was revealed that the successful implementation of this protection measure requires significant forces and resources, special training of personnel, interdepartmental interaction and strict adherence to established action algorithms. The main problems complicating the activities of units to ensure the safety of persons subject to state protection are identified: the absence of a legal definition of personal protection in federal legislation, difficulties in performing official tasks at facilities with a special access regime and in places of mass presence of citizens, limited opportunities for interaction with other structures. Recommendations have been developed for the regulatory consolidation of the definition of «personal protection», amendments to the Federal Law «On Police», and improvement of the logistical and personnel support of units implementing state protection of participants in criminal proceedings
Keywords:
Personal protection, state protection, participant in criminal proceedings, ensuring the safety of a participant in proceedings, protected person
Personal protection, state protection, participant in criminal proceedings, ensuring the safety of a participant in proceedings, protected person
