In 2023, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev called the lack of personnel in the “critical” Ministry of Internal Affairs. And in early March 2024, he stated that the situation became even worse: the Ministry of Internal Affairs lacks 172 thousand employees, for a year of vacancies there were more for 33 thousand, and each district police officer with a length of service had been quit more and more deprived of a week about the lack of personnel was announced by the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Arkady GOSTEV. The non -membrane of the personnel in the department reached 23% – this is almost 54 thousand vacancies. The number hired in the Federal Penitentiary Service is three times less than the number of dismissed, and 45% of employees are dismissed without finalizing the retirement. “Important stories” drew attention to the fact that the shortage of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSIN aggravated during the Russian war with Ukraine: since 2021, it increased 2.5 times in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 2 times. The judicial system (his name in the publication was not named) explained to the publication that the main influx of new employees in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service goes to ordinary positions; As a rule, people with a low level of education, often from rural areas who almost always served in the army, claim to be claimed. Now it is more profitable for such people to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense than to go to work in the police department or to the colony. The charge of the contractor who arrived at the front begins from 210 thousand rubles a month. He also receives a one -time payment when concluding a contract: at the moment it is 400 thousand rubles from the federal budget and from 300 thousand to more than 2 million rubles from the budget of the region where the contract has been signed. In addition, the participants in the war are laid for numerous benefits. For the average employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the FSIN, the risk of dying is incomparably lower than for the average contractor at the front, but he also earns much less. In September 2024, “important stories” analyzed the data on vacancies and came to the conclusion that the Ministry of Internal Affairs offered a salary 1.5-2.5 times lower than the average in the country. For example, the district police officer was ready to pay an average of 49 thousand rubles. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs complained that one district police officer was working for four, but “we cannot print money” to attract more people. Mounts for FSIN can also not compete with payments under military contracts. In the fall of 2024, the inspector of the FSIN earned an average of 41 thousand rubles a month, which was twice as lower than the average salary in the country. In addition, both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Personnel are faced with processing, pressure from the authorities and often the need to interact with the “difficult contingent”. A factor that traditionally attracted people to work in power structures was an early retirement – after 20 years of service or even earlier. But judging by the words of the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service, now employees with great length of service are leaving, now from both departments. One of the possible reasons – at the signing contract from the Ministry of Defense, the service time in the army is counted in the length of service when moving to another power department. “If, of course, a person survives and he will be released from the army,” say “important stories”. (Tagstotranslate) News
