ON MEANS OF OPTIMIZING PRE-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TERMS Girko Sergey Ivanovich, Police Major General, RF Honorary Scientist, Dr of Law, Professor. <...> Place of employment: Russia MI FPOI National Research Institute. <...> Email: Priinst@mail.ru Annotation: The article deals with the perfecting the criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation and pre-trial proceedings, in particular. <...> Separate problems of the inquiry in the criminal procedure are analyzed. <...> The autСor’s attitude toаards tСe institute oП tСe inquirв in its reduced form, introduced to the RF Criminal Procedure Code in 2013, and in essence oП “tСe public prosecutor’s inquirв”, reРulated bв tСe Criminal Court ProceedinРs Statute (1864), are presented. <...> The militia activities within the criminal court proceedings. <...> The role and functions of the militia in the МrТmТnaХ proМОss oП RЮssТa. <...> On the present-day probХОms oП ЭСО ТnqЮТrв’s proМОНЮraХ rОРЮХaЭТon//JoЮrnaХ oП Russian Laа. 2004. №7. <...>