Organizational and legal grounds of activity of state gendarmerie in West Ukrainian People’s Republic

Abstract

In the article are considered historical prerequisites of establishment and activity of State gendarmerie of WUPR. There is analyzed in detail the structure and the organizational activity of this law enforcement body. The legal grounds of State gendarmerie’s activities are highlighted as well as its legal status, functions, rights and obligations. Separately focused an attention to the special status of the State gendarmerie among other law enforcement bodies, on which structure in a short period of time were established an effective system of divisions. These divisions were able to organize work properly, to ensure the legal order in state, to act accordingly to their national security functions, to maintain stable transports work. The legal status, rights and obligations of State gendarmerie were strictly regulated by legal acts. Most of them had the highest law power, meaning they were passed by Ukrainian National Counsel and therefore were laws.

Along with that, the effectiveness of the State gendarmerie was provided by the patriotism and heroism of the employees, who besides their main professional obligations were soldiers of WUPR, armed they protected the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of WUPR.

Courage, heroism, devotion, love to Ukraine and readiness for self-sacrifice for its interests, showed by the workers of gendarmerie in such an unstable years have to be an example for the employees of National police of Ukraine. We all have to remember, what have they sacrificed for the development of sovereign Ukraine is the most valuable thing – their lives, with the belief that our homeland will become equal between equal world’s states, and that Ukrainian nation will gain a wanted independency.