Every year, a large country celebrates the professional holiday Police Day. Traditionally it is celebrated on November 10th. As you know, several years ago, employees of the internal affairs bodies of Russia received not only congratulations, but also bonuses on this day. But due to budget cuts as a result of economic problems, the state canceled cash payments. Now law enforcement officers are interested in the question: will there be a bonus this year?

Awards for Police Day 2017: The best employees will receive a reward

As follows from the latest news, there will be bonuses this year, but not everyone will receive them. So, on holidays dedicated to law enforcement agencies, payments will be awarded only to distinguished employees. Everyone else will enjoy a concert and gifts, which will be distributed based on the results of their work for the year. So, it is possible to get a tablet, a blender or a watch. It is important to note that some works will be awarded certificates or badges.
As for the holiday bonus, there is no reliable information about its amount yet. Considering the previous year, there is reason to assume that it will be equal to twenty thousand rubles. According to the text of the Federal Law, the amount of such payments must correspond to three salaries per year.

Prizes? On Police Day 2017: Chiefs of the Metropolitan Police will receive bonuses from one hundred thousand

The day before, the media got hold of a copy of a document concerning monetary rewards for the heads of the Moscow police for a professional holiday. So, the order says that they will be given a bonus in the amount of one hundred to four hundred thousand rubles. It is already known who will receive the highest payments - is this the beginning? GSU Major General of Justice Agafyeva and Deputy Chief of the Moscow Police Department Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Ponorets.

Bonus to whom? State employees, well, this is how the accounting department will manage it, because it happens differently for everyone: some work hard, while others are idle and, in fact, do not receive any special merit for this.

Well, if it were my will, then in honor of the holiday it’s possible, once a year, not even small, but it’s nice

Police Day will be celebrated in 2016 on November 10. There will be no bonus because there is no money in the budget, and police officers say that this has been happening for several years now. Although the bonus was specified in the budget for 2016, they found a reason not to pay it. But local authorities can encourage their fellow countrymen.

Police officers will traditionally celebrate their professional holiday on November 10. It's called Police Day. I can’t tell everyone about bonuses because it’s different in every department. Some will receive bonuses, and some will not. It also depends on the state budget, and our economy is not yet stable. But I know for sure that particularly distinguished employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will receive not only a bonus, but also congratulations from the President of the Russian Federation himself, V.V. Putin.

There will be no bonus because the Federal Drug Control Service and the Federal Migration Service have been abolished. And what was left of the Federal Drug Control Service and the Federal Migration Service was annexed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Accordingly, once the services were abolished, their budget was taken over by the state. In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the budget was not allocated for new employees (previously working in the Federal Drug Control Service and the Federal Migration Service). So now the Ministry of Internal Affairs is trying to get out as best it can, there is no time for bonuses here.

So there will be no bonus not because of the unstable situation in the country, as almost everyone answered, but precisely because of this specific situation, the abolished services, the remnants of which went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs without any budget.

It’s a pity, of course, for such work, when people risk their lives and work almost around the clock, practically without seeing their families and risking their lives, they need to be paid decently and encouraged in every possible way.

On November 10, Russia celebrates Internal Affairs Officer Day, or, more simply, Police Day. This 2016, it looks like law enforcement agencies will be left without bonuses for the holiday. The unstable economic situation in the country is to blame.

However, there is also good news, they relate to a slight, but still increase in wages for internal affairs employees:



In 2015, police officers did not receive bonuses for the first time.

It is expected that this year will be the same, despite the fact that the budget was formed a long time ago, and bonuses were included in it.

But there is no money, and you can’t argue with this fact. One of my acquaintances in the accounting department found out and was told that bonuses would not be paid either by district or by department.

No bonus is expected on Police Day. In general, it was spelled out in the 2016 budget. But then the news came out that there was no money, and therefore no bonuses. Police representatives themselves have been complaining that for several years now they have been deprived of bonuses due to difficulties in the state.

On the one hand, there will be no official bonus. Of course, it was planned in the budget, but since there is little money in the country now, it will not happen. But accounting departments in some regions came up with such a move. They called all the police and asked them to write a report for financial assistance. So there will be a small increase on payday.

The Police Day 2016 bonus must be paid and funds have been reserved. But since the situation in the country is extremely difficult, there is a high chance that employees will not receive it - they will cut it. But the bosses will be encouraged; usually such top brass are not skimmed off and are paid in full.

Ordinary police officers have not received the November 10 bonus for several years in a row. They don’t expect her, if they hand her over, good. But there is no calculation for it.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is one of the main and largest structures in the country, which also includes the police.

The official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs contains information that the budget for 2016 has been formulated, so all required bonuses will be paid, however, the Minister of Internal Affairs stated that all bonuses have been canceled due to the difficult economic situation in the country, so I think if they are given, it will only be to high authorities .

One of my friends, a police officer, said that he received his last bonus in 2012, so he doesn’t expect it tomorrow either, judging by his words, there is no money even for the salaries of the employees.

Whether this is true or not, we will find out tomorrow.

Today, almost a million Russians celebrate their professional holiday - those whose service, in the words of the song, “is both dangerous and difficult.”

Along with certificates and awards, police officers are also given cash bonuses for this day. However, not everyone and not always according to merit, according to members of the police union. The CrimeRussia found out why the Ministry of Internal Affairs often rewards operatives and patrol officers who risk their lives with amounts that are incomparably smaller compared to the bonuses of their colleagues in the offices of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

The issue of bonuses by November 10 worries law enforcement officers from different regions of Russia. There were also scandals - in 2012, for example, it turned out that Rostov police officers received bonuses three times smaller than their Krasnodar colleagues (18 and 52 thousand rubles, respectively). Therefore, every year, starting from the end of October, a lively exchange of information about who, when and how much begins on professional forums and in police communities on social networks. However, this year there are more than usual.

It all started with the fact that the Mash Telegram channel published a post listing bonuses in the amount of 300 to 400 thousand rubles for Police Day to several senior employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow. The first on the list of names with a 300 thousand ruble bonus was a certain “secretary of the head of the Moscow police Olga Lyukova.” Whether reality was distorted intentionally or not, the play on stereotypes was a success, which naturally caused a strong reaction from Internet users, and later from the police union.

In fact, the amount, considerable even for a leader in general’s uniform, was received not by the mythical “secretary”, but by the assistant to the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Moscow, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service Olga Nikolaevna Dyukova, who was appointed to this position less than a year ago. According to the Petrovka 38 newspaper, Dyukova previously held various positions in the Office of Records Management and Regime of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (UDiR MVD RF). By the way, the second assistant to the head of the capital's main directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Colonel of the Internal Service Timofey Vitalievich Yudin received exactly the same award. Dyukova's position does not fundamentally change the essence of the matter - but it attracted public attention to the problem. After all, the size of the bonus for employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other law enforcement agencies in the regions is several orders of magnitude lower than in the capital, even for those with higher ranks. And even then, judging by data from police forums, the bonus will not be given to all regions.

Meanwhile, as The CrimeRussia found out, 300 thousand rubles is not the largest amount of bonuses for Moscow police officers in order No. 3457 of the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow Oleg Baranov dated October 31, 2017.

It lists on five pages the heads of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, who were lucky enough to celebrate their professional holiday this year on a grand scale with taxpayers' money.

Lieutenant General Andrei Ponorets

The highest awards in the Moscow headquarters were given to the deputy head of the capital department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General of the Internal Service, Andrei Ponorets, and the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, Major General of Justice Natalya Agafyeva. Their immediate supervisor awarded them 400 thousand rubles.

An impressive figure, in general, is justified - the deputies of the chief of the main headquarters actually exercise operational control of the Moscow structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the number of which is comparable to the personnel of three army corps.

And the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow himself, say capital operatives, was not left without the encouragement of his leadership. According to the Telegram channel “Oper leaked”, on the Day of Employee of the Russian Internal Affairs Bodies, he received a bonus of 3 million rubles from above. But this information, apparently, is destined to remain in the category of rumors.

Carrot and stick

The next gradational steps in General Baranov’s “bonus” order - 350 and 300 thousand rubles - are of much greater interest from the point of view of the dynamics of upcoming career ups and downs in the Moscow headquarters.

In the category of 350 thousand rubles, the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow was awarded to the head of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and Deputy Chief of Police Viktor Kovalenko, the head of the rear - Colonel of the Internal Service Alexey Makarov, the head of the United Nations Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow Colonel Andrei Zakharov and the heads of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital's administrative districts. And although there was a murmur among the operators “on the ground” that, they say, the chiefs of the district police departments were awarded the same, regardless of high-profile disclosures, the general indicator of the protection of the population and incidents involving personnel, this is not entirely true.

Major General Viktor Kovalenko

Based on the order, it is possible to draw certain conclusions about which of the police chiefs under the new head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, instead of Anatoly Yakunin, who left for another position, is doing well, and who is not doing so well.

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Major General Baranov was appointed by decree of Vladimir Putin as head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow in September 2016. Having started his career in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1989 as an ordinary employee of the 173rd Moscow police department, during his years of service Oleg Baranov managed to work as the deputy head of the capital's Organized Crime Control Department, as well as the deputy head and head of the MUR. Since 2012, Oleg Baranov held the position of deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow. He was awarded the medals “For Courage” and “For Excellence in the Protection of Public Order.” By decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 14, 2012, he was awarded the special rank of “Major General of Police.”

As The CrimeRussia wrote earlier, the new head of the capital’s Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs established himself from the very beginning as an active and uncompromising leader. By the end of 2016, a secret check was carried out in all 125 district departments and 10 district departments of the capital’s headquarters. The units were “cleansed” primarily of employees with a dubious reputation and key appointees of the former head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, Anatoly Yakunin.

Major General Oleg Baranov

In particular, the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the TiNAO Sergei Ternovykh, with whom Yakunin worked in the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Voronezh and Novgorod regions, the son-in-law of Anatoly Yakunin, Mikhail Gusakov, who worked as the deputy head of the MUR, and the former press secretary of the capital police Sofya Khotina, with whose husband Yakunin also worked in Voronezh region. In March 2017, the head of the operational department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow, Gennady Golikov, as well as the head of all precinct and police departments in Moscow, Mikhail Pavlichuk, retired.

Soon after this, at an internal meeting, General Baranov harshly criticized the leadership of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. He noted the low efficiency of operational activities, missed deadlines in criminal cases and malfeasance of police officers. Six heads of departments in administrative districts received severe reprimands and warnings about incomplete performance. As The CrimeRussia found out, two participants in the spring “black list” of General Baranov among the leadership of their police departments are no longer listed on the official website of the department. This is the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Northern Administrative District, Major General Sergei Veretelnikov, and the acting head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the TiNAO, Colonel Boris Sheinkin (now he serves as deputy chief of the North-Western Administrative District).

Former head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Moscow Anatoly Yakunin

But in the pre-holiday order of the head of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to receive bonuses, the acting head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Northern Administrative District, Colonel Sergei Vasilevsky, and the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the TiNAO, Colonel Shamil Sibanov, appear instead of them. It is noteworthy that in six months Sibanov managed to emerge from being an outsider in the eyes of General Baranov. At the time when he received the reprimand, the colonel was still in charge of another police department - in the North-Eastern Administrative District. Another former person on the “black list,” the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Southern Administrative District, Major General Roman Plugin, was also able to “fix his karma.” Sibanov’s successor in his previous post, appointed in May 2017 as head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the North-Eastern Administrative District, Colonel Vasily Petrunin, will also receive his 350 thousand rubles for the holiday, as well as the “excellent” generals Igor Zinoviev (former head of the MUR, now head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow), Anatoly Feshchuk (SZAO), Andrey Puchkov (ZAO) and Yuri Demin (Southern Administrative Okrug).

Major General Alexander Bukach

The situation is much more alarming for Major Generals Alexander Bukach (Central Administrative District) and Boris Pishchulin (Southern Eastern Administrative District), who received “part-time service” in the spring. They will not see any awards for Police Day this year.

Major General Boris Pishchulin

It is noteworthy that the order does not contain the name or acting head of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, Alexander Bynenko, whom General Baranov introduced to the leaders of the main department on April 7, 2017. At the end of September, it was reported that the legendary MUR will soon be headed by the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sergei Kuzmin. Judging by these signs, Bynenko will no longer become the head of the Moscow “detectives”.

Colonel of the Internal Service Marina Lobova, who received 300 thousand rubles, was not mentioned in the order as the acting head of the UDiR Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, but a law enforcement source called “in fact the future head of the office management department,” the deputy head of the UDiR, Colonel Natalia Bychkova.

If the logic of the Moscow police leadership in awarding monetary incentives to the heads of departments is generally clear, the recipients of bonuses in the amount of 300 and 200 thousand in the same order caused indignation among some ordinary employees, and a bitter smile among others.

The majority of recipients in this category are heads of auxiliary units of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but are located in close proximity to the “distribution point”.

For example, the head of the department of mobilization training and mobilization (UMPiM) Alexander Dyachkov - “the chief of gas masks”, as he was called in the commentary to the order in the VK-public “Police Ombudsman” or the head of the URLS, “chief psychologist” of the capital police department Viktor Gordun, editor-in-chief weekly newspaper “Petrovka-38” Alexander Oboidikhin, head of the personnel department Yegor Panov, head of the cultural center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Colonel of the Internal Service Yuri Rybalchenko. All of them and many of their other colleagues received bonuses of 300 thousand rubles. Also, several officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were awarded bonuses of 250, 200 and 100 thousand rubles.

Alexander Oboidikhin

Junior officers and non-commissioned officers of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow, as well as civilian employees, are also waiting for bonuses for the holiday. According to unofficial data, employees will receive from 5 to 20 thousand rubles for the holiday, and junior officers - in the amount of salary depending on rank, and even then not to everyone.

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The payment of bonuses to employees of internal affairs bodies is regulated by Section IV of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated January 31, 2013 N 65 “On approval of the Procedure for providing monetary compensation to employees of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation.” Usually paid monthly at 25% of the salary. However, bonuses are not paid if an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is suspended from service, has a disciplinary sanction, violation of service discipline, breach of contract, or due to loss of confidence. Also, incentive cash payments in the form of one-time bonuses are provided for police officers (Federal Law dated November 30, 2011 N 342 (as amended on April 3, 2017)). They are additional, so their size is regulated according to the funds allocated for the payment of allowances. The decision on such payment is made by the head of the territorial unit in which the awarded employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs works.

Let us recall that General Baranov’s predecessor as head of the capital’s central administration, Anatoly Yakunin, in 2015 ordered the heads of district police departments, the capital’s traffic police, the Department of Internal Affairs on the Moscow Metro, riot police, commanders of the 1st and 2nd operational regiment and a number of other units to limit one-time payments bonuses.

“Bonuses are given to personnel only for solving serious and especially serious crimes, within the limits of allocated funding. Payments of additional material assistance should be made in case of emergency,” Yakunin’s telegram said. Restrictive measures were taken “until further notice” in order to “strengthen control over the use of appropriations allocated for allowances and wages.”

In the order of General Baranov, the reason for the award appears - “for the successful and conscientious performance of one’s official duties and complex and important tasks and in connection with the celebration of Internal Affairs Officer Day.”

However, the police “on the ground” questioned this formulation - does the fulfillment of tasks by the generals and colonels of the headquarters really correspond to the size of their reward in financial terms? On the website of the police union in this regard, an example is given of the awarding of two employees of the Sevastopol unit of the Russian Guard, who, at the risk of their own lives, saved a driver from a burning car. The authorities noted their courage - each was awarded a bonus of... 2 thousand rubles.

At two million rubles - five times more than the police generals in Moscow received for the holiday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs valued the life of traffic police inspector Sergei Grachev, who was shot down to death by an FSB officer on the New Arbat median at the end of September. His fatherless two small children and his widow were given exactly this amount. In the case of calculating benefits, as well as with bonuses, according to the website of the Moscow police union, there is nothing to complain about according to regulations - everything is according to the law. But is it fair?

In the Russian Federation, celebrations of the Day of Police Department Officers will begin on November 10. For several years in a row, police officers have not been given bonuses on this holiday, citing state budget cuts. In 2017, awards for Police Day will be given to those who have distinguished themselves, and the rest will simply be congratulated.

In honor of Police Day, concert programs are organized, at the end of which the police will be presented with gifts and some payments based on the results of their work during 2017.

It is reported that bonuses for Police Day in 2017 will not be awarded to ordinary employees. Only a distinguished police officer will be able to receive the bonus. Some of them will be awarded certificates, badges, and various gifts: from inexpensive watches to tablets. It is currently unknown what the maximum bonus amount will be.

A year earlier, the police received approximately 20,000 rubles. What the bonuses will be for Police Day 2017, the maximum size has not yet been specified. Police Day itself in 2017 will be celebrated widely, with concerts and awards, and a solemn speech.

As follows from the latest news, there will be bonuses this year, but not everyone will receive them. Thus, during the holidays dedicated to law enforcement agencies, payments will be accrued only to distinguished employees.

Everyone else will enjoy a concert and gifts, which will be distributed based on the results of their work for the year. So, it is possible to get a tablet, a blender or a watch. It is important to note that some workers will be awarded certificates or badges.

As for the holiday bonus, there is no reliable information about its amount yet. Considering the previous year, there is reason to assume that it will be equal to twenty thousand rubles.

According to the text of the Federal Law, the amount of such payments must correspond to three salaries per year.

Historians believe that the foundations of the structure that was engaged in the protection of public order were laid in Russia by Peter I, who created the corresponding service in 1715. Later the structure received the name “police” (in Greek “polis” is “city”, “state”).

The Tsarist police ceased to exist immediately after the October Revolution, the centenary of which we celebrate this year. Just three days after the revolution - October 28 (November 10, new style) 1917 - a decree on the creation of a workers' militia appeared.

The extremely popular TV series “Born of the Revolution” during the Soviet era was dedicated to the history of the formation of the Soviet police. So it turns out that this year the Russian police, like the revolution, turns one hundred years old.

The workers' militia was initially subordinate to local councils, then became a subdivision of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD), and from 1946 to the present day it is a structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - first of the USSR and then of the Russian Federation.

Soviet Police Day in the USSR began to be celebrated unofficially in 1962, and after 1980 it became an official holiday, although it is not a day off.

In 2011, the Russian police were renamed the police, and the holiday was officially renamed the Day of Internal Affairs Officers of the Russian Federation.

On the day of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, many ceremonial events are traditionally held throughout the country in honor of active police officers, veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and employees who died in the line of duty.

In Soviet times, Police Day was very popular. On November 10, a large festive concert was held in the Kremlin Palace (then called the Kremlin Palace of Congresses), in which the most famous Soviet pop stars took part. The concert was shown on television, and many people watched it with pleasure.

The tradition of a festive concert on the Day of the Ministry of Internal Affairs continues today; the event takes place in the same State Kremlin Palace and is broadcast either on Channel One or on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

This year, the festive concert “Day of Internal Affairs Officer” will be shown on Channel One on Friday, November 10. Starts at 18.20. Repeat on Sunday, November 12, at 15.00.

All Russian pop stars will traditionally come to congratulate the heroes of the day: Alla Pugacheva, Joseph Kobzon, Grigory Leps, Philip Kirkorov, Maxim Galkin, group “Lube”, Stas Mikhailov, Nikolai Baskov, Kristina Orbakaite, Leonid Agutin, Anzhelika Varum, Alexander Rosenbaum, Trofim, group “Disco Crash”, Lolita and many others.

Many films, poems and songs are dedicated to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The image of a policeman-protector was very popular in both Soviet and Russian art.

These are the famous poems about “Uncle Stepa the policeman” by Sergei Mikhalkov, and the song “Our service is both dangerous and difficult,” and the TV series “Born of the Revolution,” “The Investigation is Conducted by Experts,” “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed,” “Streets of Broken lanterns”, and films - “Petrovka, 38”, “Ogareva, 6” and many others.

The word “premium” in the Russian language comes from Latin and means “reward, distinction.” In the labor legislation of the Russian state, this is an incentive payment in cash for results that are above the statistical average.

The function of bonuses is, first of all, to stimulate workers, so its size directly depends on the following factors:

• how the performance goal was achieved;
• labor indicators;
• bonus conditions;
• personal contribution of the awarded person to the overall activities of the organization;
• the performance of the entire department in which the relevant employee is registered;
• overall performance of the entire organization.

The main thing that is taken into account when calculating bonus payments is the correspondence between the conditions and bonus indicators.

Bonus cash payments to employees of any organizations and enterprises operating in Russia are accompanied by mandatory recording in the appropriate order, and the following data is indicated in it:

• indicators for the achievement of which a bonus is given;
• employee category;
• which official carries out this order.

Such monetary incentives are paid in excess of the established salary.

Types of awards in Russia

According to Russian legislation, namely Article 191 of the Labor Code of our state, bonuses are of two types:

1. Provided by the remuneration system (are stimulating in nature and are awarded for pre-agreed indicators and conditions).
2. Outside the remuneration system (they work as an additional incentive, and may be one-time):
   • if work productivity increases;
   • if the employee has worked conscientiously for several decades;
   • if in the process of work the workers improved the quality of manufactured products;
   • if innovative solutions were introduced into the labor process;
   • if the employee fulfills his job duties flawlessly;
   • if the Labor Regulations (agreement, contract) provide for other conditions and indicators for incentive bonus payments.

Bonuses are paid for a strictly defined period, for example, for one month of excellent service.

Police service in 2019

Every Russian, young and old, is familiar with the hard work of the police service. In the current year 2019, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) conducted a survey on issues related specifically to the work of Russian police officers. Both residents of Moscow and residents of St. Petersburg, as well as some mid-level cities and villages (selectively), were surveyed. The results of this survey are provided below:

• level of trust – 46%;
• assessment of work “good” and “very good” – 13%, “average” – 46%, “bad” and “very bad” – 20%;
• the prestige of the profession of a police officer is 20%.

These data are several orders of magnitude higher than the data from the previous survey conducted in 2013. Based on these figures, we can judge: are Russian police officers worthy of receiving bonuses?

Bonus payments due to police officers in 2019

According to the trade union organization of the city of Moscow, the average salary of a police officer with the rank of sergeant for performing official duties is 35-40 thousand rubles, and junior police officers receive from 40 thousand rubles to 50 thousand rubles. The size of the incentive bonuses was about 20 thousand rubles.

The Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On Social Guarantees for Employees of the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation” was adopted and came into force in July 2011. Since then, many amendments have been made to it. The latest changes were included in this document in April 2015. Additional payments (this also includes bonuses) to police officers are discussed in Article No. 2, paragraph 6: “bonuses for conscientious performance of official duties.” And paragraph 12 of the same article stipulates the amount of such payment: “at the rate of three salaries per year.” The procedure for calculating bonuses to police officers is approved by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation or the head of any other federal executive body, that is, at the place of service of the police officer.

Let's look at the performance of which official duties that provide bonus payments to Russian police officers:

• comply with constitutional federal norms and laws;
• adhere to work routine;
• maintain the level of your qualification category;
• take into account the legality of the interests of Russians, as well as public associations, organizations and enterprises operating in Russia;
• perform service in accordance with the job description;
• do not shirk the orders of your superiors;
• keep official information strictly confidential;
• protect state property;
• provide all kinds of assistance, including first aid, and support to Russians who have become victims of a crime, an accident, or are in a life-threatening situation;
• report all violations of law and order to the nearest territorial executive authority, which is within the sphere of activity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A bonus for conscientious performance of the listed official duties is awarded to a police officer for a certain period - a calendar month. This includes training, vacation time, and sick leave.

One-time bonus payments to police officers and the procedure for their payment

For Russian police officers, the law provides for one-time incentive cash payments in the form of one-time bonuses. They are additional, so their size is regulated according to the funds allocated for the payment of allowances.

The decision on such payment is made by the head of the territorial unit in which the rewarded police officer works. A corresponding order is drawn up about this, which lists all the merits that deserve additional encouragement in the form of a bonus.

In what cases are bonuses not paid to police officers?

In accordance with the same law, some Russian police officers cannot qualify for additional cash payments in the form of bonuses. These include:

• caring for children under 3 years of age (maternity leave);
• legally suspended from performing their official duties;
• those who violated official and labor discipline;
• received disciplinary sanctions and reprimands, confirmed by relevant orders;
• those who refused to accept the order of their superiors to transfer to another position;
• who have lost the trust of colleagues and Russian citizens;
• those who have committed forgery of official documentation;
• convicted of an offense or a crime;
• defaming the honor of a police officer;
• violating the terms of the mandatory rules of the employment contract.

All of the listed violations confirm that a police officer cannot conscientiously perform his official duties at a high level.

News 2019: payment of bonuses to police officers

Back in February 2015, the media received information that the leadership of the Moscow police decided to cut bonuses for police officers in their region. This is directly related to the procedure for optimizing the federal budget, since the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs adopted a decree to tighten control over the expenditure of budget funds. Thus, one-time monetary incentive payments (as well as financial assistance) to local police officers are made only in cases of extreme necessity.

Forecasts for 2019: salaries and bonuses for police officers

The draft budget for 2019 for the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already been formed. It is based on the ideology of needs, that is, the minimum provision for the goals set for the next year is taken into account. The limits set by the government for 2019 may lead to a further reduction in the number of Russian police officers.

Through careful selection of police officers and their filtering, they want to identify unscrupulous employees who are irresponsible in their direct duties as a police officer. Employees who do their work conscientiously should not be afraid of this reduction, since all slippery aspects will be considered on an individual basis. Accordingly, the remaining worthy police officers will be paid decent wages and due bonuses.