Protection of constitutional rights of man and citizen from criminal attacks committed in public spaces (using the example of the activities of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Leningrad Region)

Abstract

The article, based on an analysis of the work carried out by the investigative body to investigate criminal cases under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, affecting the interests of the public, including children, analyzes the problem of limiting the procedural capabilities of investigators by the rules on jurisdiction, manifested in cases of violation of public order in public spaces and facts of traffic — transport accidents. Taking into account the study, it is concluded that it is advisable to supplement the list of crimes that the Investigative Committee can investigate with Articles 213 and 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the alternative jurisdiction of which will allow, when responding to incidents, to immediately give a criminal legal assessment of the activities of officials of the prevention agencies or check the compliance of the services provided by the carrier life safety and health requirements for consumers.
In addition, taking into account the expansion of the coverage of situations that become the subject of inspection by the Investigative Committee, increasing confidence in it from citizens, the author concludes that it is necessary to normatively assign to the investigative body the powers to take coordinating measures and issue organizational decisions that are binding on all law enforcement and government agencies on issues of combating crime.