Competent authorities in the field of transport security: the concept, definition, list, rights, authorities and enforcement of the Federal Law "On Transport Security"

Nowadays, transport safety is primarily understood as the prevention of terrorism. This is due to the fact that terrorist acts have become more frequent in the world. For this reason, competent authorities were formed. We will talk about them.

The concept

Before talking about the competent authorities in the field of transport security, we will understand the concept.

So, transport safety is a state when there is a protection of vehicles and objects of transport infrastructure from illegal interference.

In addition, there are also concepts that reveal the definition of transport safety. It:

1. The system of implementing state security goals in the transport sector.
2. A system that counteracts, prevents, suppresses crimes, including terrorist acts, in the transport field.
3. A system that aims to increase the sustainability of the transport system and the environmental safety of transportation.
4. A system that prevents emergencies of a man-made or natural nature in transport.
5. A system that minimizes or prevents moral damage arising from emergencies or crimes.

Everything is called a system because only complex actions bring results.

Whom protects

The competent authorities in the field of transport security are called upon to protect:

1. Vehicle owners.
2. Passengers
3. Users and vehicle owners.
4. Carriers and consignees.
5. The workers of the transport complex.
6. The environment from the threats of the transport complex.
7. The budget and economy of the country.

In addition, the competent authorities in the field of transport security are required to form:

1. Safe transportation of baggage, cargo or cargo luggage.
2. Safe travel conditions for passengers, or rather, for their life and health.
3. Economic security.
4. Safety of operation and functioning of vehicles and facilities.
5. Information security.
6. Ecological safety.
7. Sanitary safety.
8. Fire safety.
9. Constant readiness of all branches of the transport complex.
10. Nuclear, bacteriological, radiation and chemical safety.

Since the causes of incidents are of a different nature, threats to transport safety also arise not only from the outside, but also within the system. Let’s figure out what to consider threats.

Security threats

What are threats? A threat is considered an unlawful action or intention to commit it, this also includes processes of anthropogenic or natural nature that impede the realization of state interests, the interests of the individual in the transport field. Transport safety authorities should recognize these threats and prevent them.

Threats include:

1. Cases of unlawful interference with transport. For example, it can be telephone terrorism, the dismantling of railways. In other words, all actions that are aimed at causing harm to the lives of passengers, health, as well as damage to the transport sector.
2. Sabotage and terrorist acts. Capture of ships or aircraft, explosions at airports, train stations and other places also belong to this category.
3. Criminal actions that are directed against the life and health of passengers.
4. Criminal actions that are directed against cargo.
5. Unplanned incidents, such as accidents. They are caused by the technical deterioration of vehicles, as well as a violation of environmental safety requirements and natural factors, which create an emergency situation with subsequent human casualties and property damage.

Accordingly, all transport security forces should be thrown at warning or eliminating the consequences.

Transport Safety Objectives

What are the tasks of the authorities in this area and what should the transport security forces be thrown at?

1. Legal regulation in the field of transport safety.
2. Identification of threats of unlawful interference.
3. An objective assessment of the vulnerability of technical means and objects of transport infrastructure.
4. The division into categories of vehicles and infrastructure.
5. Development and implementation of requirements for the organization of transport safety.
6. Training specialists to work in this area.
7. Supervision and control in the field of transport safety.
8. Scientific, technical, material and technical and informational support of transport safety.

The Law on Transport Security defines principles that must be observed by the competent authorities. These include:

1. Respect for the interests of the individual, state and society equally.
2. Legality.
3. Continuity.
4. The mutual responsibility of society, the individual and the state in this area.
5. The interaction of state authorities, local governments and transport infrastructure entities.

What competent authorities should do

The Law on Transport Security defines the scope of activities of bodies that carry out transport security.

So they should:

1. Ensure transport safety of infrastructure facilities, vehicles.
2. Assess the vulnerability of infrastructure facilities. The order in which the transport safety authorities do this is established by the federal executive body. Vulnerability assessments are carried out by special organizations in the order established by the federal authority.
3. Transport security authorities are also required to approve the results of the audit and not to disclose them. Since this information is classified as state secret.
4. Separate objects of transport infrastructure and enter them into the register. Also, this registry must be maintained.
5. Develop infrastructure and vehicle plans.
6. Implement these plans both independently and with local governments.

Which authorities provide transport security

The competent authorities in the field of transport safety are:

1. Rosavtodor. This is a federal road agency.
2. Federal Air Transport Agency - Federal Air Transport Agency.
3. Roszheldor. This is a federal railway agency.
4. Rosmorrechflot is a federal agency for river and sea transport.
5. Rostransnadzor. The Federal Service, which exercises supervision in the field of transport, as well as conducts security checks by individuals and legal entities.
6. Certification bodies of transport security forces.

Let us dwell on the latter in more detail.

Certification Authority

Certification bodies of transport security forces are bodies having competence in the field of transport security. They have territorial units. This also includes organizations that have the right to certify transport security forces. Such organizations are run by competent authorities in this area.

The certification body for transport safety carries out certification in order to identify the conformity of knowledge, skills, as well as personal qualities to work in the field of transport safety.

Certification is carried out once every five years, if necessary, check:

1. The employees of the transport sector who are responsible for ensuring safety.
2. Other transport workers who are directly related to security.

Certification bodies of transport security forces may carry out the procedure once every three years. And in what cases:

1. For workers in the field of transport security, occupying senior positions.
2. For infrastructure workers who are included in the rapid response team.
3. For those employees who carry out searches, as well as repeated or additional searches.
4. For employees who interview or supervise.
5. For those workers who manage the technical means of ensuring the safety of transport.

Based on the results of the audit, a certification certificate is issued.

In addition, certification is also carried out when applying for a job. There is a list of requirements that must be met by the candidate, otherwise he simply will not be accepted. Who can’t count on work in the field of transport security:

1. A person who has an unexpunged or outstanding conviction for an intentional crime.
2. A candidate who is registered with a medical institution due to alcohol, drug addiction or mental illness.
3. A person who was fired from the civil service or prematurely terminated his authority. This applies to former judicial or law enforcement officials who have been suspended from activities due to disciplinary misconduct or misconduct that discredited the employee's honor or caused him to lose confidence. The rule is valid only if three years have not passed after the dismissal.
4. A person who, according to the results of the audit, cannot be allowed to engage in activities that are directly related to objects that pose a high risk to the health and life of people and the environment.

The list of positions, professions and jobs that are related to ensuring transport security is established by the government of our country.

How is certification

The certification authority for transport safety begins the audit only after the application for certification has been submitted. It can be submitted by a transport entity or legal entity that is accredited as a transport safety unit. A legal entity that only applies for such accreditation can also become an applicant.

Since certification departments are not available in all cities, the body provides field services with the provision by the customer of the necessary conditions for the audit.

The verification takes place in several stages, which we will talk about.

1. Submission of documents. The applicant submits to the certification body a set of documents that correspond to the ninth paragraph of the certification rules.
2. Then begins the verification of personal data and documents and their processing. Documents are checked by the service within three days. Some categories of forces are tested within forty-five days. According to the results of the audit, the applicant is informed that it is necessary to conclude a contract for certification. This is done in order to be able to decide whether to allow certified to pass the test or not.
3. The next step will be the decision on admission. If all conditions are met, the certification body decides to allow the person to pass the test. In order for the employee to pass the check, it is necessary to conclude an internal affairs department about the possibility of admission, the absence of restrictions on the performance of work related to ensuring transport safety, the full compliance of the package of documents with the declared list, the existence of an agreement with the certification body. If a decision is made to pass the certification, then each person is assigned an identification number, according to which the check is carried out.
4. How many inspections there will be depends on what category of employees are checked. If we are talking about checking the personal qualities of individual bodies in the field of ensuring transport safety, then a psychophysiological examination of employees is carried out. In the process, qualities important for work and the presence of risk of socially dangerous behavior are determined. According to the results of the check, a person is either allowed to take further steps or not. The next check will be the fitness of employees. Subjects perform physical exercises, and their results are checked for compliance with standards. The result of such a check will be the admission or prohibition of further checks. The third stage will be testing skills, knowledge, skills of employees. Testing is conducted, in which the employee will need to answer fifty questions with several answers. The ticket also contains two practical tasks that need to be addressed. Based on the result of the last inspection, the certification body decides whether the employee meets the standards or not.
5. The final step is to issue a certification certificate. It is important to know that all certificates are recorded in the register of certification bodies of transport security forces.

Certification authority

The certification body for transport security is the PKU NPO STiS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

What does he do:

1. Approves certificates of conformity.
2. It approves the methods of certification testing of technical means and their requirements.
3. Examines complaints.
4. Provides dissemination of information on certification.

In order for certification to be carried out, you need to write an application for certification. It should be written in the name of the head of the institution. Next, you need to submit an application and provide the institution with design documentation. The certification body for transport safety will consider the application and make a decision.

You must have with you documents that confirm the quality of the vehicle. The application must be completed in one copy and wait for seven days. After the authority has made a positive decision on the vehicle, it sends the applicant to the testing laboratory. Tests pass within thirty days. After the tests are over, a test report is drawn up within three days, it must be in triplicate. One of them leaves a testing laboratory for itself, and the other two are transferred to the certification body. Then, in the same form of transmitting information to the competent transport safety authorities, further actions take place.

Federal authority

This body is the Ministry of Transport of our country. It exercises control and coordination of this area, and also develops legal regulation and complies with state policy.

In addition, the federal transport safety authority oversees federal security services and federal agencies. The services include Rosaviatsia, Roszheldor, Rostransnadzor, Rosmorrechflot, Rosavtodor.

Regarding legal regulation, these actions directly affect the certifying organizations of the security forces, transport security entities and specialized organizations in the field of transport security.

Conclusion

We have examined with you what the competent authorities in the field of transport safety are. As you can see, this work is very responsible and rather complicated. After all, at stake is not just technical means, but people's lives and health, as well as the state of the environment.

The competent authorities are endowed with many powers, but their responsibilities are even greater. Certification is held precisely in order to leave only reliable and qualified employees. They will be able to show the result of work, which cannot be said about employees who do not have sufficient knowledge or physical training.

For the same reasons, requirements for employment were introduced. After all, a convicted person cannot manage the life and health of people. Just as a person with addictions or mental disabilities cannot do this, or who has previously committed serious misconduct.

I want to say that people who provide transport security are worthy of sincere admiration. After all, it is they who make us ride and fly with high-quality technical equipment and get from one point to another alive. I bow to them for this, boundless respect and reverence.