Review: The research subject is the forms and methods of using the practice-oriented and competence approach for the realization of professional training programmes for law enforcement officers in educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The author analyzes the main approaches to the realization of professional training programmes, particularly, special attention is given to its practical orientation and the principles of the teaching process organization. The research objective is to define the forms of learning sessions which can effectively fulfill the practical orientation of professional training of candidates for positions in law-enforcement agencies. The research methodology is based on the systems and competence-oriented approaches and includes both theoretical methods (analysis and forecasting) and experimental ones (pedagogical experiment and modeling). The author concludes that the requirements to professional training of candidates for positions in internal affairs agencies should be more practically oriented. It is still urgent to search for effective methods of work in this direction. The current system of professional training has significant drawbacks, such as overwhelming theoretical content of legal disciplines and the gap between the education and the everyday professional reality. In the author’s opinion, it would be appropriate to correct the principles of professional training organization. The provisions of the article prove the topicality of the research issue. 
 

Keywords: practical skills, visiting lesson, practitioners, expediency, practical focus, competency-based approach, professional training, professional skills, modeling, polygon