Dumko N. Formation of professional maturity of future patrol officers in the process of professional training

The pedagogical conditions that ensure the formation of professional maturity of future officers of the patrol service of Ukraine are determined: positive motivational guidance for future professionally oriented law enforcement activities; orientation of the educational process of the institution of higher education of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on individually directed construction by future officers of patrol service of own trajectory of training; availability of information and computer support for the process of formation of professional maturity of future officers of the patrol service. The structure of professional maturity of future patrol officers is substantiated: motivational-value, cognitive-professional, productive-activity components. A system of criteria and indicators of the formation of the studied phenomenon has been developed: personality-oriented criterion with indicators: the presence of interest and need for professional activity; professional qualities of personality; striving for self-development, self-improvement and self-regulation of professional activity; gnostic criterion with indicators: familiarity with regulatory documentation; familiarity with the rules and responsibilities of the patrol officer; professionally-oriented criterion with indicators: ability to apply the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities in professionally oriented law enforcement activities; ability to plan professional and legal activities; ability to draw up official documentation; ability to act professionally in experimental and critical situations. A model of formation of professional maturity of future patrol officers in the following areas has been developed and implemented: analysis of the specifics of police service, which is associated with constant contact with different segments of the population, is case development (case plan preparation; research; case case writing; case discussion with experts and editing; case presentation; case distribution). An elective course was introduced: "Fundamentals of professional maturity in future patrol officers" with the use of projection equipment, interactive whiteboard, for visual presentation of information with visualization of text and graphics created in class; work in the on-line system (work of the teacher and cadets in real time - the NetSchool software package) and the offline system in the form of lectures-presentations and TV and video lectures.