The implementation of an unified educational policy is carried out on the basis of the realization of the main provisions of the state personnel policy. Therefore, their general (initial) principles are statutory in federal legislation, and departmental features taking into account sectoral interests are regulated by departmental documents. The analysis of legal norms carried out by the authors shows that at present the goals, objectives and other conceptual foundations of state policy in the field of education and science are contained not only in the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law «Education Act in the Russian Federation», Federal State Educational Standards, but also in other legal acts regulating the activities of subjects of educational policy. The state educational policy, first of all, proceeds from the priority of the rights, freedoms and interests of man and citizen enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the provisions of the country’s fundamental law, the right to education is recognized as one of the fundamental and inalienable constitutional rights of a Russian citizen. The success of the realization of the state policy on personnel training in educational institutions of the Ministry of Interior of Russia, according to the authors of the article, directly depends on the compliance of the system of scientific and methodological support of the educational process with its goals. As part of the publication submitted for consideration to the scientific community, it is proposed to get acquainted with the results of scientific research related to the determination of the directions of scientific and methodological support for the education and training of police officers in educational organizations of the system of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation.