abstract: The relevance of this study is substantiated by the need to implement a strategy of public influence on crime, to improve police-public interaction in the field of crime prevention, new forms and methods of which can be implemented in the activities of the National Police.The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive investigation of the practices of involvement of the public, community-based organisations, and individuals in police activities aimed at preventing offences, and of the 
journal: Naukovij vìsnik Nacìonalʹnoï akademìï vnutrìšnìh sprav