ON THE RATIONALIZATION OF SEARCH AND RECOGNITION ACTIVITIES DURING A FACT-BASED SEARCH OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIMES SUBJECT TO SECURITY AUTHORITIES

Abstract

Abstract. The issue of rationalization of search and cognitive activity during the search based on the facts of certain types of crimes investigated by the security authorities has been studied. Certain groups of search objects are classified as means of rationalizing search and cognitive activities during searches in criminal proceedings, provided for in articles 109–114-2, 436–442, 447 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, under investigation, in accordance with Part 2 of Art. 216 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, including electronic devices for environmental analysis (unmanned aerial vehicles, motion sensors, night vision devices or thermal imagers, digital tracking tools, GPS trackers that can be installed on vehicles to monitor the movements of law enforcement officers or other persons; fake base stations (IMSI-catchers), as well as rare or specialized things: – means of neutralizing signals from video surveillance cameras (laser devices for blinding cameras or fog generation systems for temporary fogging of the room; – fake objects that are disguised as ordinary ones, for example, safe books, ordinary household objects with hidden compartments for weapons or other prohibited objects; – means for distorting traces of dactyloscopic origin: silicone forms with other people’s prints or special gloves to hide your own. It is noted that the following are the sources of obtaining information about search objects: a) inspection protocols of event sites, trace models; b) operational information; c) forensic records and collections; d) conclusions of forensic examinations examining the three-dimensional identification relationship, i.e. the ratio of traces and objects, the properties of which are mapped to the same group (class, genus, species); e) technical passports, warranty cards; e) testimony of witnesses, victims, other suspects, etc.