My future profession

Now I am a student of the Moscow Law University. 1am a future lawyer. I’d like to work as a detective. As to my friend Alex he is going to work as an investigator. Our graduates work in all policc services.

Before entering the Law University some students worked in police, so they know this work. Some of my Institutc-matcs came here after serving in the Army. They have also chosen the work in police. Wc all consider this work to be necessary and important while crimc exists in our country.

The principal task of our policc is to fight crimc. And one of the main duties of police officers is to prevent crimc. But if a crime has been committed the police officers should do all they can to detect the offender; it means to locate and apprehend him.

Wc know that quick and accurate solution of a crimc greatly depends on the professional skills of the investigating officers, on their training. That is why wc try to master a special course of Dctcctive Activity, various branches of Law. Criminalistics, Crime Psychology and many other special subjects. Nobody can say what crimc you will have to face tomorrow, so the police officers should be educated persons. It is not so easy to investigate crimcs, it is difficult to tracc and locate criminals. We must know how to interview witnesses, interrogate criminals, wc learn all that at our Institute.

Very often the solution of a crime is in the crimc sccnc. When the investigator arrives at the crimc scene he examines the sccnc very carefully. He makes a plan of the investigation. All the evidence in the crimc sccnc must be found, collcctcd and preserved for court presentation.

The effectiveness of an investigator largely depends upon his ability to obtain information. The elements of the offcncc must be established. Identification must be obtained. The investigator works in close cooperation with other officers of the operative group.

The officer of the Criminal Detection Department (a detective) is responsible for the detection of the perpetrator. A great part of dctcctivc work is devoted to “finding” missing or wanted person. The search for a person may be a simple matter, but in many cases, however, it may bccomc a complicated task. The solving of a case frequently depends upon locating the perpetrator. The proper presentation of a case in court involves the discovery and identification o f witnesses. The dctcctivc also takes measures for search, discovery and seizure of the stolen property and instruments of the crimc.

There arc some people in our society who don’t want to live an honest life, who try to profit at the expense of our state. The task of an officer of Economic Crimcs Department is to reveal the criminal activity of such people and to provide their punishment.

Some of us will work as divisional inspectors. The divisional inspectors arc responsible for maintaining public order in their areas.

Our future work whatever it would be is noble and necessary. Our objective is to protect life and property o f our people.