Open AccessTrust in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine: theoretical and legal context
Author(s) -
I. L. Bomberger,
Oleh Hanba
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
analìtično-porìvnâlʹne pravoznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2788-6018
DOI - 10.24144/2788-6018.2021.04.2
Subject(s) - guard (computer science) , enforcement , law enforcement , business , agency (philosophy) , public service , context (archaeology) , population , law , public administration , political science , sociology , geography , computer science , social science , demography , archaeology , programming language
The article emphasizes that the determining factor in the process of reforming law enforcement agencies, including the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, is the level of public confidence in them. The provisions of certain by-laws, which regulate the issues of public trust in the specified law enforcement agency of special purpose, are characterized.
The paper analyzes the level of public confidence in the border agency during 2015–2021. It is emphasized that it directly affects, on the one hand, the building of institutional capacity, and on the other – the level of trust in law enforcement agencies in general as components of the security and defense sector. During the period under review, there has been a positive trend in increasing public confidence in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. At the same time, studies of independent sociological structures showed the highest level of trust in the border agency in the public security and rule of law sector in 2021, which indicates its effective operational and service and other activities in general.
To more objectively determine the state of public confidence in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, as well as to clarify the peculiarities of its manifestation, it is proposed to classify the studied category according to some of the most important criteria in the context of specific tasks performed by the Border composition of the subjects of trust, taking into account the region of residence, administrative criteria, as well as the density of the population, etc. According to the subject composition between interpersonal trust (micro level) and institutional trust (macro level), trust in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine belongs to institutional trust, which occupies a prominent place in building the institutional architecture of society.
The factors influencing the level of public confidence in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine are summarized and characterized, which must be taken into account when summarizing the operational and service activities of the agency for a certain reporting period and setting tasks for the next period.