The article deals with the problem of creating a system for conducting public accreditation of educational programs in educational organizations of the law enforcement system. The authors formulated proposals on the use of evaluation by independent associations of experts and representatives of the employer when conducting professional public accreditation in the educational organizations of the law enforcement system, taking into account its specific characteristics and conditions of a particular environment. With the participation of the authors, within the framework of the Comprehensive Plan for the Scientific Support of Activities for 2018, a study was conducted to substantiate and provide methodological support for conducting professional public accreditation of educational programs in educational organizations of the law enforcement system. The expected results of the introduction of the institute of professional and public accreditation in the departmental educational organizations are considered: improving the quality of educational programs implemented, the level of organization of staff training, the quality and relevance of educational services, and the image of departmental service.

The relevance of the study is due to the need to assess the quality of training of graduates of the Russian penitentiary system and the lack of an effective tool to assess the quality and level of training of graduates who have mastered professional educational programs at educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. In this regard, this article is aimed at identifying or disclosing mechanisms for evaluating the quality of educational services by independent experts, representatives of the employer, through professional and public accreditation of educational programs in educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. The leading methods to the study of this problem are general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, analogy, generalization, etc.), which to introduce allow a comprehensive review of the procedure for professional and public accreditation of educational programs in the system of the Russian Federation. The article reveals the expected results of introducing the institution of professional public accreditation of educational programs in the Russian penitentiary system: improving the quality of the implemented educational programs, the level of organization of staff training, the quality and relevance of educational services, and the image of departmental services. The materials of the article are of practical value for improving the evaluation system of professional educational programs implemented in educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia.