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Subject/Topic. In the modern conditions, the role of psychological information in solving criminal intelligence and surveillance tasks is increasing. Purpose/Objectives. In this article, the author reviews the formation theoretical grounds of criminal intelligence and psychological specialization in the activities of operational units through the prism of retrospective analysis, as well as modern capabilities in the context of development of an information society in the country based on the widespread adoption of new telecommunication technologies, including artificial intelligence. The purpose of the paper is to provide a theoretical justification for the necessity and possibility of forming a new, fully-fledged criminal intelligence and surveillance specialization in the operational units of agencies carrying out criminal intelligence and surveillance activities, which would allow for a number of activities defined by the Federal Law on Criminal Intelligence and Surveillance Activities, using psychological techniques in the field of criminal intelligence and psychological diagnostics and forecasting. Within the framework of its achievement, the criminal intelligence and surveillance activities, which can be carried out by professional psychologists in a specialized form in order to obtain new criminal intelligence and surveillance information necessary for solving criminal intelligence and surveillance tasks, are substantively described. Methodology. Generalization, analysis, synthesis, analogy, systemic structural, hypothetical, historical and logical, comparative legal, statistical and formal legal methods. Conclusion: As a result of the conducted research, the author summarizes that the provisions related to criminal intelligence and surveillance psychology, considered in a retrospective analysis and in a modern form, allow one to talk about the possibility of forming a new criminal intelligence and psychological method of conducting criminal intelligence and surveillance activities and other legal actions, which requires regulatory consolidation, as well as functional and structural support.