Conceptual Foundations in the Development of the Police Statute: Proposals of the Interdepartmental Commission "On the Transformation of the Police into the Empire" (1906-1911)

The purpose of the article is to present a conceptual approach to the development of the Statute of the police of the Russian Empire, to outline the content of this most important normative legal act for purposeful, legitimate and justified police activity, to reflect the work of the interdepartmental Commission, which was tasked to reform the work of this state body. The subject of the study was the section "Absence of a police statute" of the "Brief explanatory note to the conclusion of the interdepartmental Commission, under the leadership of Senator A.A. Makarov, on the transformation of the police into the Empire". When working on the topic, the authors used generalization, content analysis, comparative legal, historical and other methods of scientific research. They allowed forming conclusions, presenting the author's attitude to the document (1) and to the work of the Commission (2), noting the role in modern legislative practice (3).