The article reveals the results of the analysis of the regulatory framework on counteraction to illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and proposes to amend the regulations on legislative regulation of the use of service dogs and, in particular, special dogs in the search of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine.

In particular, according to the authors, the use of service dogs of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine should ensure the following tasks: strengthening the protection of the institutions of execution of punishments, detention centers of the SCES of Ukraine; search and detention of criminals who have fled from custody or in cargoes; overview of road, railway transport, objects of execution of punishments and detention centers of the SCES of Ukraine; review of persons and their personal belongings for the purpose of finding and detecting narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, explosives, small arms and ammunition, etc.

The peculiarities of completing cynology team with a special dog and specified requirements for a cynologist and a service dog. The algorithm of actions of the junior inspector-cynologist with a special dog in the case of its effective use is improved, namely the cynologist is obliged to: find out what item (object) the dog reacted to, by re-starting the dog for inspection; to report to the official; take measures to preserve the subject (object) to which the dog reacted and prevent the leakage of information; conduct an inspection of all objects (objects); draw up an act on the use of a special dog; wait for the arrival of the National Police Investigation Group and to carry out all measures to establish the fact of a possible finding of a substance similar in terms of a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, to facilitate in the future work of the defined group.

Key words: legal regulation, prevention, cynology support, training of special dogs, institutions of execution of punishments, convicted, narcotic substances.

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