THE ACTIVITY OF THE STATE INSPECTION OF ROAD TRAFFIC OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA AS A SUBJECT OF SECURITY OF NATIONAL SECURITY
The article discusses the main approaches to understanding the essence of the rule of law in general, and in public places in particular, and also reveals its features as a field of activity of the police. The positions of scientists studying the rule of law and other categories related to it in the context of police activities are analyzed. The relationship between law and order and public order is demonstrated. It is concluded that the scope of police activity extends mainly to groups of public relations that make up the essence of public order in a narrow (“police”) sense. Attention is focused on the relationship of the «public» of the rule of law with the place where the actions of the subjects of the relevant legal relations are carried out. The groups of legal relations that make up the essence of the rule of law are identified, the protection of which is provided by the police. The content of the rule of law as a field of police activity has been clarified. Attention is drawn to the primacy of public order and the need for legal regulation of social relations, where civil society cannot or should not self-organize to achieve the goals of social development, create a safe environment for life, and also recognize the police as the main subject of law enforcement in public places.