PREDICTIVE COMPETENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS IN TERMS OF THEIR READINESS FOR INNOVATION ACTIVITY

An important feature of the modern development of our state is its focus on the introduction of various types of innovations in all spheres of public life. In this context, the increase of innovation activity in the training of future po-licemen, in particular the possibility of the formation and development of their innovative potential, is of particular importance. One of the important components of the probable success of readiness for change is a mechanism based on the predictive competence of future police officers. The purpose of the study is to examine the peculiarities of the functioning of cadets' predictive competence in the context of their readiness for innovations. Psychological Readiness for Innovation Activity Inventory (by V. Klochko, O. Krasnondatseva) and Anticipatory Ability Test (predictive com-petence) by V. Mendelevych were applied. The study involved 104 cadets of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. The results of the study indicate differences in the manifestations of predictive competence in cadets with different levels of readiness for innovations. At the same time, it has been empirically proven that anticipatory ability acts as a kind of psychological resource – a moderator whose mechanisms of functioning mediate (facilitate or inhibit) the readiness for innovation in future police officers. The obtained results prove the need for the development and implementation of recommendations for the formation of predictive competence in cadets on the basis of the devel-opment of their ability for accurate and correct understanding of intentions of others, prediction of their actions, plan-ning and forecasting their own activities and development of the ability to put forward alternative versions of scenario.