Review

The article is devoted to research the basic directions of the procedural functions of the operational units of the National Police in criminal proceedings. The author identified that operational units can perform the procedural functions not only in the pre-trial investigation, but also at the trial stage of criminal proceedings material.

The results of the analysis of statistics prove the low efficiency of investigation of criminal offenses in the present criminal procedure law, lack of qualified investigators and operatives of the National Police, during the execution of the tasks of criminal proceedings. These results are necessitating research of the procedural component of the operating units in modern terms of combating crime.

Conducted a thorough analysis of the legal support of the National Police operatives on the performance of procedural functions in the pre-trial investigation and trial stages of criminal proceedings material. Attention is focused on the legal rules governing the implementation of the operational unit of investigation (search) operations and covert investigative (detective) acts on behalf of the investigator, the transfer of investigative material operational activities on the facts of criminal offenses participation of workers operating units to conduct specific investigative (detective ) actions and measures to establish the location of the person sought.

The author concludes that the existing rules are formulated not correct and do not reflect the full spectrum of operational units to be solved by them during criminal proceedings. Underlined the need to improve the criminal procedural law, in particular, the provisions of Part. 1 tbsp. 41 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, which should completely provide the functionality activity of operational units in the criminal proceedings considering the tasks that they actually perform.

Keywords: operational support, criminal proceedings, investigator, operative unit, investigative action.