Head of the Laboratory is Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Lieutenant Colonel of Police
Shatrava Serhii Oleksandrovych 

The Research Laboratory o the Issues of Pre-trial Investigation of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, as a new structural unit of the university, was established in February 2022 to conduct fundamental and applied research in the field of organizational and legal support of the National Police. The unit is headed by Doctor of Law, Professor, Police Lieutenant Colonel Shatrava Serhii Oleksandrovych.

The main activities of the research laboratory are:

- implementation of the strategy of reforming the bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine;

- improvement of organizational and managerial activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine;

- improvement of the organizational and functional structure of pre-trial investigation bodies aimed at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investigative units;

- improvement of staffing of pre-trial investigation bodies of the National Police of Ukraine (recruitment, placement, training of personnel for investigative units and improvement of their qualifications);

- legal support and social protection of employees of pre-trial investigation bodies;

- optimization of performance evaluation indicators of the investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine;

- improvement of information support and scientific organization of work in the investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine;

- improving the efficiency of interaction between the investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine and other authorized entities;

- observance of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of participants in criminal proceedings in the activities of the investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine;

- preventing and combating corruption in law enforcement agencies and in the activities of the investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine;

- development of draft regulatory legal acts to support the activities of the police and pre-trial investigation bodies.