The Russian law enforcers (called militsiya before the reform) had a poor public image: over half of the population admit that they do not trust the police.
In comparison, 20–90% of policemen in the cities of the United States conduct private business, but have to report their activities to the police authorities.
It ordered the Interior Ministry to plan measures for cutting the number of law enforcement personnel by 20%, making the police salary arrive exclusively from the federal budget prohibiting funding by regional authorities.
A proposal was developed by a working group consisting of 14 non-governmental human rights organisations put forward.
On 27 October 2010, President Medvedev submitted the draft to the lower house of the State Duma.
[2] As a result of the reform, the Russian police will be made a federal-level institution, with funding accomplished fully from the federal budget.
The police will lose its right to carry out and demand checks of a company's financial and business activities.