According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine № 595/2020 on December 29, 2020 and based on the submission of the Committee on State Prizes of Ukraine in the field of science and technology, the President of Ukraine Prize for Young Scientists 2020, for the thesis "Modern concept of criminal law combating organized crime", was awarded to Police Major Andrii Vozniuk, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Scientific Laboratory for Combating Crime of the Educational and Scientific Institute № 1 of the National Academy of Internal Affairs.

On December 23-24, on the basis of SkyUp International Airlines, instructors of the Department of Premedical Training of the Kyiv Center for Primary Vocational Training "Police Academy" of ESI № 1 of the National Academy of Internal Affairs conducted training on premedical care for aircraft flight attendants "Assistance to victims in case of sudden cardiac arrest and life-threatening conditions".

On December 22, Kateryna Shapovalova, an adjunct professor at the Department of Police Law of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, conducted lectures and training sessions for 3rd year cadets on the topic "Implementation of the Custody Records System in the Work of the National Police of Ukraine."

This year the holiday of St. Nicholas visited the pupils of the Yaroslav Kondratiev Law Lyceum in an interesting and unusual way. Already in the morning in the Lyceum there was an atmosphere of miracles and fairy tales: pupils in formal uniforms, a bright Christmas tree, pre-holiday mood… and, of course, everybody waited for their gifts. In the classrooms, lyceum students were waiting the connection to a video conference on the Zoom communication platform.

On the occasion of the International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, the National Academy of Internal Affairs launched a two-day anti-corruption marathon - V International Scientific and Practical Conference "Implementation of State Anti-Corruption Policy in the International Dimension", organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, National Academy of Internal Affairs, European Union Advisory Mission to Ukraine, National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine and Public Union "Center for Prevention and Combating Corruption".

"Not just relevant, but a vital part of police training in today's conditions are different tactics of police actions in case of an explosive object detection" - this is how the topic of the lesson was outlined by specialist of the Explosives Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Ivano-Frankivsk region and the Department of Tactical-Special, Physical and Fire Training of the Precarpathian Faculty (Ivano-Frankivsk) of the National Academy of Internal Affairs Andrii Melnyk.

The National Academy of Internal Affairs has recently hosted an online webinar entitled “Increasing the Competence of Police Officers in Preventing and Combating Gender-Based and Domestic Violence” with the support of UN Women in Ukraine.

On December 8, shortly before the end of the World Action "16 Days Against Violence", a large-scale final event (the forum "Domestic Violence: A 360 ° View: Challenges. Opportunities. Actions”) took place. Within this World Actoin a scientific and practical commentary to the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention and Counteraction to Domestic Violence” was presented.

On December 1-3, in order to ensure the practical orientation of the educational process, Acting Head of the Department of Criminal Law of the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Police Major Olena Matiushenko organized field optional classes in the discipline "Criminal Law" for future operatives – cadets of 308-310 study groups of Educational and Scientific Institute № 1.