This research, for the first time, employed a comprehensive scientific analysis to scientifically and theoretically substantiate the mechanisms of cooperation between public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the police) at the local level with use of a program-based and goal-oriented approach. The study was based on the specifics of implementation of the Comprehensive Programs of Prevention of Offenses for 2016-2020, approved by local state administrations and local governments.
It is novel for the paper that there were identified and substantiated the theoretical foundations of forming a system of cooperation of public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the police) at the local level by defining the purpose, basic principles, key priorities, the system of monitoring and evaluating the results of cooperation in a specific area, leading (the program-based and goal-oriented approach) approach to the implementation and result achievement; there was designed the model of cooperation of public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the territorial police bodies) which is based on the program-based and goal-oriented approach and whose core is a tripartite cooperation between law enforcement entities (public authorities, local self-government bodies, law enforcement agencies), whose participants perform one or more profile functions, but are involved in all stages of setting interconnected goals (ensuring at the local level the effective implementation of state policy in the field of law enforcement through the establishment of effective cooperation between public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the police) in the specified field) and the development of a law enforcement program-based activities; there were substantiated the collaborative mechanisms of local public authorities and law enforcement agencies in terms of the program-based and goal-oriented approach: 1) organizational (consistency of actions on implementation of the state policy in the field of law enforcement); 2) representative (public authorities and law enforcement agencies promote the interests of local communities in a society); 3) resource-acting (allocation of resources, adequate to the goals and objectives of law enforcement at the local level); 4) information (informing the public about activities in the field of protection and protection of human rights and freedoms, combating crime, ensuring public safety and order); 5) institutional (setting up joint institutions for elaborating concerted actions in the field of law enforcement); there were made suggestions on putting this model into practice; there was amended the definition of the concept of «cooperation between public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the police) at the local level» (system of interdependent actions of local governmental institutions of politically organized society (local executive bodies and local self-government bodies) and the territorial police bodies for the purpose of security, maintenance of public order, combating crime, protecting human rights and freedoms, as well as the interests of society and the state); scientific and methodological approaches to regulatory support of mechanisms of cooperation between public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the police) at the local level; set of criteria for effective cooperation between public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the police) at the local level; public administration mechanisms have been further developed in terms of democracy and the effectiveness of administrative decision-making at the local level of law enforcement; forms of subject-to-subject relations amongst local executive bodies, local self-government bodies and law enforcement agencies (the territorial police bodies).
The practical value of the obtained results is that the basic theoretical propositions, conclusions and recommendations made in this dissertation research are to positively influence the further development of the theory and practice of public administration for solving problems and achievement of the set goals for ensuring law and order at the local level; they will serve as the theoretical basis for cooperation of public authorities and law enforcement agencies (the police) in different regions of Ukraine, taking into account the specifics of their goals and objectives of the enforcement, as well as developing educational programs for training, retraining and advanced training of civil servants and the staff from the executive authorities and local governments.
Keywords: collaborative mechanisms; public authorities; the police; law enforcement agencies; program-based and goal-oriented approach; law and order; territorial police bodies.
