ПРОФЕСІЙНА ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ МАЙБУТНІХ ПОЛІЦЕЙСЬКИХ НА ЇЇ КОГНІТИВНОМУ РІВНІ

Introduction: Professional identity refers to the concepts, which emphasize the conceptual representation of a personality about his place in a professional group. That is, the connection of personal characteristics that provide orientation in the world of professions, the professional identity is highlighted as an integrative concept that allows more fully realize the personal potential within professional activities. Professional identity is formed in the process of personal identity and is an indicator of professionalism. The quality of professional training of police officers is of particular importance with the growth of the crime situation in the country. In today’s conditions, we need a professional who is capable to effectively combat crime, to confidently and reliably protect citizens from criminal encroachments. As a result, graduates of higher education institutions with specific learning conditions must have the requirements for both possess certain knowledge and skills, to observe the legality in professional and everyday life and be able to make decisions independently for performing official and operative tasks.The urgency of the development of professional identity in the system of departmental education of internal affairs agencies is aggravated by the fact that the client is a specifically defined organization – the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which makes explicit demands to a modern specialist – a law enforcement officer.Having analyzed the research in the direction of developing professional identity, it became clear that nowadays it is not enough to have research works that would be aimed at studying the development of the professional identity of future police officers, especially while being trained at a higher educational institution with specific learning conditions. In this regard, the problem of studying the development of the professional identity of future police officers becomes relevant.The objective is theoretical and empirical study of the peculiarities for forming the components of the professional identity of future police officers at different levels, namely, at the cognitive level.Methods. Theoretical and empirical analysis of the development of professional identity at the cognitive level.Results The analysis of recent research reveals the peculiarities of the criteria for professional psychological selection for training in higher educational institutions with specific learning conditions, self-actuating at different stages of professional development, the motivational basis for the professional development of police officers.Authenticity. Nowadays, there is a need for a thorough study of the peculiarities of the professional development of police officers while studying at a higher educational institution with specific learning conditions in order to improve the professional training system for future law enforcement officers to perform their professional duties.Conclusions. Thus, the basics for self-identification differ at the cognitive level of professional identity in different courses of study. The average indicators of self-evaluation and skills gradually increase from the low level of formation on the first year of study, reaching a maximum on the fourth year of study. Cadets of the second year of study, compared to the first year of study have the greatest changes in the self-evaluation of knowledge, skills and abilities. The general indicators of the components of the professional identity of self-evaluation, the involvement of satisfaction, increase significantly in statistics from the first to the fourth year of study, causing the development of their professional identity.