GUARDING SERVICE ACTIVITIES ON THE PREVENTION OF OFFENCES WITHIN PROTECTED FACILITIES: CHARACTERISTICS, FUNCTIONS AND SPECIFIC FEATURES

Abstract

This paper examines the role and place of the guarding service in preventing offences within the territories of protected facilities, focusing on its administrative-legal status and organizational structure. It highlights the importance of guarding activities in ensuring public safety and protecting state and other critical facilities, and analyses the normative-legal framework of offence prevention, including the mechanisms for applying administrative measures and administrative coercion. Special attention is given to modern preventive tools used in and around protected facilities, such as video surveillance, access control systems, technical security means, and risk-based approaches. The legal and organizational aspects of cooperation between the guarding service, internal affairs bodies (police), the National Guard, and the private security sector are explored. Based on democratic policing standards and the need to safeguard the rights and freedoms of citizens, the paper develops proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the effectiveness of offence prevention within protected facilities.