The prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation has its own emblem and flag. Its employees have strictly defined uniforms, insignia and awards. For each class rank, shoulder straps of the prosecutor's office are provided. We will consider them in detail, as well as information that will help to reveal the topic in detail.
What is called the prosecutor's office
The prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation is a single centralized system of federal scale, which, on behalf of the state, oversees the implementation of the Constitution, as well as following all laws adopted in Russia. The powers and activities of this structure are regulated by the Federal Law "On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation." It is independent of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government and does not belong to any of them.
Since, according to the law, this infrastructure is state militarized, and the activity of its employees is a federal civil, military or law enforcement service, then, among other things, this organization involves wearing shoulder straps of the prosecutor's office.
The structure of the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation
As already mentioned, the Russian prosecutor’s office is a centralized system with step-by-step subordination - subordinate prosecutors are subordinate to the higher, and the Prosecutor General dominates in this structure. To understand the ranks and epaulets of the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, consider its constituent elements:
- prosecutor general's office;
- Academy under the General Prosecutor's Office;
- the prosecutor's office of each of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
- prosecutors of the territorial level - cities, districts, etc .;
- military prosecutor's office;
- specialized departments of the prosecutor's office - sensitive facilities, environmental, transport, criminal punishment systems, etc .;
- scientific and educational institutions of the prosecution system;
- print media serving the prosecutor's office.
Now we turn directly to the job categories of employees of this system.
Positions in the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation
Shoulder straps in accordance with the Federal Law "On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation" are worn by the following officials:
- In the General Prosecutor's Office:
- Attorney General (Chaika Yu.Ya.);
- First Deputy Prosecutor General;
- "deputy" of the public prosecutor;
- senior assistants to the prosecutor general (this also includes advisers, heads of departments);
- assistant prosecutors (deputy chief of directorates, heads of departments within the directorates, assistants on special assignments);
- senior prosecutors and prosecutors in headquarters, departments and offices.
- In a number of prosecutor's offices of both subjects of the country and objects equated to them:
- prosecutors:
- first deputy prosecutors;
- deputy prosecutors;
- senior assistants to prosecutors and heads of departments;
- assistant prosecutors ("deputies" of department heads, department heads in departments);
- Art. prosecutors, prosecutors in various departments and offices.
- In the prosecutor's offices of the city, district level and equal in scale specialized departments:
- prosecutors;
- first deputies;
- substituents;
- heads of departments;
- senior assistants;
- assistants.
Cool ranks in the prosecutor's office
The class rank is the service rank, which is assigned to the employee of this system in accordance with Art. 41 of the Federal Law No. 2202-1. He is appointed in accordance with the position and length of service. Class ranks testify to the career and professional growth of the employee. The employees of the prosecutor's office can also be assigned the ranks of the law enforcement structure.
Stars on uniform in the prosecutor's office correspond to the class rank. There are ten of them and they are divided into several categories:
- Junior superiors: lawyers 3, 2, 1 class.
- Middle supervisory categories: junior advisers, advisers, senior advisers.
- The highest commanding categories: state advisers of justice 3, 2, 1 class, acting state advisers to justice.
The highest priority class rank (lawyer of the 3rd class) and shoulder straps of the prosecutor's office are assigned to an employee who has a higher education of a legal orientation and has passed certification. Since 2014, persons without special professional education cannot receive the prosecutor's office rank.
If an employee works in the department of the military prosecutor’s office, then he is assigned not a prosecutor’s, but a military rank and corresponding epaulettes. The Federal Law "On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation" (Article 45) allows all prosecutors to constantly carry a revolver, pistol and other types of military small arms. It can be used in the manner permitted by state law.
Shoulder straps in the prosecutor's office of Russia: general description
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 352 (as amended in 2011) indicates the following necessary characteristics for prosecutorial insignia - shoulder straps:
- Shape : a semi-soft part in the form of an elongated hexagon, one end of which is correctly rectangular, and the other in its shape resembles a trapezoid (for junior and middle categories) or a cut corner (for a senior commanding staff).
- Dimensions : length - 10-12 cm. The width depends on the class rank of the owner - 4.5 cm for the highest composition and 4 cm for the middle and younger.
- Features : the edges of all types of epaulettes are usually edged with dark green cloth. The width of such an insert is 2.5 mm.
Epaulets must be worn on a shirt, jacket, cloak or coat.
Now let's look at the insignia - the shoulder straps of the prosecutor's office in more detail by categories of their owners.
Shoulder straps of the younger commanding category
The material for the epaulette is a blue drapery with a cloth lining. On the field of the insignia you can see one dark green gap. Features for every cool rank:
- Class 3 lawyer : at a distance of 3 cm from the bottom edge there are two pair of gilded stars (element diameter 1.3 cm). The distance in the row between the central points of the stars is 2.5 cm.
- Class 2 lawyer : after 3 cm from the lower edge of the sign you can see two gilded stars (1.3 cm in diameter). Opposite them, there is another star of the same size on the lumen, 4.5 cm distant from the same lower border of the shoulder strap.
- Class 1 lawyer : the shoulder strap of this official is already decorated with 4 gilded stars (with the same diameter - 1.3 cm); two - 3 cm from the lower edge and two - at the lumen. The gap between the centers of the elements is 2.5 cm.
Shoulder straps of the middle commanding category
The insignia is made of the same material - blue die, only in this case they are already equipped with two dark green gaps. These shoulder straps of the prosecutor's office by the distance between the centers of the stars do not differ from previous ones. Their features are as follows:
- Junior adviser : between the gaps one gilded five-pointed star is fixed, with a diameter of 2 cm. It is located 4.5 cm from the lower border of the shoulder strap.
- Advisor : epaulets are decorated with two two-centimeter stars. From the bottom edge to the first five-pointed element - 2 cm, from the first to the second element - 2.5 cm.
- Senior Advisor : this employee has three stars on shoulder straps (each 2 cm in diameter). In this case, two elements are located on the gaps, and one - between them.
Shoulder straps of the highest commanding category
Having familiarized yourself with the photo of the prosecutor’s shoulder strap, you can easily note the insignia of higher composition - they will be made of a special fiber of a special weave, as well as devoid of gaps and not trapezoidal, but beveled lower edge. Here are their differences from each other:
- State Counselor of Justice, class 3 : in the center of the shoulder strap there is one embroidered five-pointed star, whose diameter is 2.5 cm. It is located 4.5 cm from the lower border of the shoulder strap.
- State Councilor of class 2 : in the middle of the shoulder strap are all those gilded convex stars with a diameter of 2.5 cm. The distance from the lower edge of the sign to the first is 4 cm, between the first and second it is 3.5 cm.
- State Counselor of Justice of the 1st class : the official has on his shoulder straps already three 2.5-cm stars. The distance between them is the same.
- Valid State Counselor of Justice : the middle of the shoulder strap is decorated with the emblem of the Russian Federation embroidered with gold thread, the height of which is 3 cm. Between it and the lower edge of the shoulder strap there is a large gilt star (diameter - 3 cm). Between its five faces, five peculiar golden rays are additionally embroidered. If the epaulette is made for a white jacket of a real state adviser, then a golden draper on a cloth lining is taken for him. In this case, the golden star is additionally sheathed with a contour of red thread.
Prosecutor Award
In addition to their own ranks, epaulettes in the Russian prosecutor's office have special awards that are awarded only to its employees. These include:
- the sign of three degrees "For fidelity to the law";
- departmental medal given to "For Interaction";
- Medal to Honored Workers of Veteran Prosecutor's Office;
- badge for especially distinguished "Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation";
- sign for wearing on the chest "For Impeccable Service";
- commemorative medal 2011 minted "290 years of the Russian prosecutor's office";
- medal to them. Rudenko, the youngest, was introduced in 2015.
The insignia of the prosecutor’s employees, among other things, are epaulets that stand out against the background of similar elements of other structures. By their size, number and location of stars, you can easily judge the class rank of a particular employee - a lawyer, adviser, state adviser, etc. The positions of prosecutors and their class ranks are interconnected - it is possible to advance through the ranks in this system by gaining certain work experience and increasing the level of your professional skills.