The Department of Operational and Investigative Activity and Crime Solution is a specialized unit for training specialists for the criminal police units of the NPU.

The department has a long history dating back to 1984 and was called Operational and Investigative Activity on the basis of the Higher Courses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In different periods, the department was headed by: Demianenko O.H. (1984-1987), Falko Y.I. (1987-1992), Candidate of Law Fedorov S.I. (1992-1993), Candidate of Law Yefremov A.V. (2006), Doctor of Law, Professor Shendryk V.V. (2006-2023).

The Department is characterized by the high potential of individual representatives of the scientific and pedagogical staff, who were members of it in the past, namely: Professor of the Department, Candidate of Law, Police Colonel Horbachov O.V currently holds the position of Head of the Police Department No 3 of the Kharkiv Regional Police Department 1 MDNP in Kharkiv Region; Associate Professor of the Department, Candidate of Law, Police Lieutenant Colonel Lysenko A.M. successfully works as a senior operative of the Police Department No. 2 of the Kharkiv Regional Police Department No. 1; Professor of the Department, Candidate of Law, Police Colonel Nazarenko I.V. currently holds the position of Acting Vice-Rector of the University. Their achievements demonstrate their multidisciplinary qualifications and high professional level.

The Department has a permanent scientific club «Operative», created to integrate scientific activity into the educational process by conducting research and development work by cadets. The head of the scientific club is Mitrukhov Pavlo Mykolaiovych, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Operational and Investigative Activitiy and Crime Solution of the Educational and Research Institute No. 2, Candidate of Law, Police Major.

The scientific work of the «Operative» group is carried out in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine on higher education, scientific and technical activity, in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Regulations on the organization of scientific activity at Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, the Charter of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, the Regulations on the scientific group of cadets, students and master's students, other regulations of the University, decisions of the Academic Council of the Institute № 2 and in accordance with the minutes of the meetings of the Department of Operational and Investigative Activity and Crime Solution of the University.

The main activity of the members of the scientific club are the publication of scientific articles, abstracts, presentations at the meetings of the club, participation in scientific events and competitions (scientific and practical conferences, round tables, seminars, research papers, trainings) in their specialty, which will be useful for cadets both during their studies and in their future work.

The academic staff of the Department is constantly engaged in fundamental scientific research on the theory and practice of operational and investigative activity and crime solving. Some of them are: counteracting frauds committed with the use of social engineering and information and communication technologies; documenting and investigating contactless sales of drugs via the Internet, carried out through phone calls, messengers and so-called bookmarks, etc.

Research results are realized in the form of monographs, textbooks, scientific and methodological recommendations, proposals for improving the departmental regulatory framework.

In recent years, the following publications have been prepared and published by the Department's research and teaching staff:

1. Features of the investigation of frauds committed with the use of social engineering and information and communication technologies: scientific and methodological recommendations for practical units of the National Police of Ukraine / Dereviahin O.O., Korniienko V.V., Manzhai O.V., Fomina T.H., Khan O.O., Cherevko K.O. Kharkiv: Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs; Fact, 2024. 100 с.
2. Fundamentals of visual observation: a practical guide / S. S. Cherniavskyi, M. L. Hribov, A. A. Vozniuk, A. A. Niebytov, V. V. Hvozdiuk - Kyiv, Norma Prava, 2024. 112 с.
3. Legal and organizational principles of conducting covert investigative (detective) actions: a textbook / Shynkarenko I.R., Shynkarenko I.I., Spitsyna H.O., Perepelytsia S.I. / Kharkiv: National Aerospace University named after M.E. Zhukovsky “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”; “Fact”, 2022. 344 с.
4. Operational and investigative support of the security of persons performing a special task to disclose the criminal activity of an organized group: monograph / O.V. Horbachov, O.O. Dereviahin, M.V. Stashchak, V.V. Shendryk KHARKIV: KhNUIA, 2019. 233 с.
5. Dereviahin O.O. Operational and investigative counteraction to crimes related to the trafficking of pornographic items: a monograph edited by V.V. Sokurenko / I.A. Grabaziy, O.O. Dereviahin, O.O. Kozlenko, V.V. Shendryk - Kharkiv, KhNUIA. 2018. 212 с.
6. Dereviahin O.O. Operational and investigative counteraction to the activities of organized groups preparing to commit burglaries from apartments: monograph / O.O. Hanzha, O.O. Dereviahin, M.V. Stashchak, K.V. Shakhova, V.V. Shendryk; edited by V.V. Shendryk. Kharkiv: Dysa Plus, 2016. 169 p.

Today, the staff of the Department continues the glorious traditions of scientific and applied research and the search for innovative approaches to teaching special disciplines.

The staff of the Department lectures the following disciplines:

1. Operational and Investigative Activity;
2. Covert Investigative (Search) Actions;
3. Criminal Analysis in Combating Economic Crimes;
4. Modern Doctrines of the Theory of Operational and Investigative Activity;
5. Directions of Development of the Theory of Operational and Investigative Activity;
6. Agent and Operational Work;
7. Investigative Work of Criminal Police Units;
8. Operational and Investigative Documentation;
9. Fundamentals of Criminal Analysis;
10. Criminal Analysis;
11. The Use of Modern Information Technologies in Operational and Investigative Activity;
12. Conducting Operational and Investigative Activity by Criminal Police Units;
13. Solving Certain Types of Crimes;
14. Use of Criminal Analysis by Criminal Police Units;
15. Interaction of Criminal Police Units with Other NPU Units;
16. International Cooperation in Operational and Investigative Activity;
17. Financial and Accounting Support of Operational Units;
18. Operational and Investigative Activity in the Field of Combating Criminal Offenses Related to Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration;
19. The Regime of Secrecy.

The staff of the Department systematically interacts with the territorial units of the National Police in Kharkiv (Kharkiv region), Vinnytsia (Vinnytsia region), Kamianets-Podilskyi (Khmelnytskyi region) and other regions of Ukraine. The Department fruitfully cooperates with representatives of practical units of law enforcement agencies to ensure the applied nature of scientific research and the implementation of their results in the educational process.

Contact information:

Address: Ukraine, Kharkiv, Lva Landau Avenue, 27