Main tendencies and problems of law enforcement reform

Abstract

For the 28 years of the independent Ukraine, each new interior minister, having taken up the office, began to “reform” the law enforcement system, resulting in no changes. The orders for reorganization were issued, a lot of people were dismissed for minor misconducts, job titles and names of agencies were changed.
The impetus for the real change in the law enforcement system was the second Maidan. In July 2015, Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov launched the new patrol police force in the country’s capital, Kyiv.