Militia of Irkutsk province in the crisis conditions of 1917-1920 and priorities of modern reforming of internal affairs bodies

One of the features of the Russian reality of the current time was the permanent reform of the sphere of law enforcement. The most noticeable changes in the institutions of the militia, renamed in 2011 to the police. Officially, they are explained by the intention of the political authorities to achieve the maximum possible law enforcement in the public interest. The study of relevant experience becomes relevant. The experience of crisis periods is especially interesting. At this time, making optimal decisions is the main condition for survival. Such periods include 1917-1920. Then, in many territories of Russia, political power changed kaleidoscopically, which had to immediately form and reform police institutions. One of the regions where these events took place especially dynamically was the Irkutsk province. Acute time pressure forced different power forces to solve the same problem. A comparative analysis of the relevant actions makes it possible to understand the main thing in the then process of forming and reforming police institutions. The use of a comparative research method made it possible to identify pronounced patterns in this process. In all cases, the new political government sought to keep the former employees in the service if possible. In addition, they tried to maintain the previous organizational structure. At the same time, the organization of law enforcement has always begun with a change in its leadership and a radical change in the professional training of employees. The identification of these patterns made it possible to establish the priority value of two circumstances in the process of forming and reforming police institutions. First is the immediate change of existing managers to meet the necessary requirements. Second is changing the system of professional training of employees to be adequate to a new reality. These changes determine the inevitability of the subsequent transformation of the entire system of organization and functioning of law enforcement agencies.

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