The article presents the results of a content analysis of negative publications about the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation, distributed on the Internet for 9 months of 2021. From them, information with signs of discrediting was selected and analyzed, as a result of which communicative features (subject composition, transmission channels, content, communicative intentions of the authors) discrediting the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation (employees) were revealed. From the obtained generalized picture, it follows that discrediting as a strategy in the fight against the legitimate activities of law enforcement agencies is actively used in the modern media space. In this regard, it is important to develop adequate measures to counter this negative social phenomenon by the information and public relations departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.