Actual Directions of Psychological Accompaniment of Professional Activity of Policemen
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Abstract. The relevance of the study is due to the need to improve the psychological support of the professional activity of law enforcement officers in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to determine the current directions of psychological support of the professional activity of law enforcement officers at the current stage. The methodology of problem analysis was formed by the general theory of professional activity, which is based on both differentiation and integration of existing knowledge in various fields. According to the results of the study, the need to increase attention to such areas as psychological support in extreme service situations and providing emergency psychological assistance is substantiated. The foreign and domestic experience of providing psychological support for certain aspects of police officers’ activities was analyzed. It was determined that extreme service situations concern primarily the psychological aspects of organizing professional cooperation with other services; increasing the communicative competence of the police officer in the process of professional interaction with citizens in situations of acute conflict; determination of the degree of use of legitimized aggression in the performance of official tasks; learning algorithms and decision-making scenarios under conditions of uncertainty. Recommendations for improving the content and methods of psychological support of law enforcement officers in practical units have been developed. The content of the training of police consultants as part of the implementation of the "Rivny – Rivnomy" program is substantiated. The scientific novelty of the article consists in the systematization of knowledge about the psychological support of the professional activity of law enforcement officers, highlighting the specifics of its main directions in the conditions of martial law. The practical significance is represented by the definition of the content and methods of improving the psychological support of the professional activity of law enforcement officers.
Keywords: law enforcement activity; psychological support; extreme service situations; decision-making; emergency psychological help.
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