NATURE, DEFINITION, AND FORMS OF RESOURCE SUPPORT IN OPERATIVE-SEARCH AND COVERT INVESTIGATIVE (SEARCH) ACTIVITIES AS A SINGLE SYSTEM

Abstract

Operative-search and covert investigative (search) activities play an
important role in the performance of their functions in combating
crime for law enforcement agencies. The covert toolkit allows law
enforcement agencies to effectively prevent criminal offenses,
detect and stop such offences in a timely manner, as well as quickly
and comprehensively investigate them. However, the use of this
toolkit requires significant resources, necessitating the need for
appropriate funding, which in the conditions of a legal state must
be clearly regulated legally. However, today the issues of resource
provision, in particular, the financing of operative-search and
covert investigative (search) activities do not have proper legal
regulation and have not been the subject of scientific research. The
purpose of the article is to develop the theoretical foundations for
the legal regulation of the resource provision of operative-search
and covert investigative (search) activities in terms of the formation
of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of this area of research,
 namely, to define the concept and content of such provision,
outline its types and reveal its essence. The study used general
scientific and special methods, in particular: system-structural, logical-
legal (dogmatic) and comparative-legal. The norms of legislation and
subordinate regulatory legal acts, as well as the practice of its
application, were analyzed. According to the results of the study, it
was determined that the resource provision of operative-search and
covert investigative (search) activities is a complex of interrelated
organizational, administrative legal and procedural measures aimed
at meeting the needs of operational units and pre-trial investigation
bodies in material and intangible values (objects, tools) that are
necessary to perform the tasks of operative-search and covert
investigative (search) activities. The structure of the resource
provision of operative-search and covert investigative
(search) activities is revealed in accordance with the types of
resources they require.