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The aim of this study is to identify systemic defects in the conceptual framework of public security and to substantiate ways to institutionalize it through the adoption of a new strategic planning document. The methodological basis of the study was formed by formal-legal, comparative-legal, and system-structural methods, as well as legal modeling. A comparative analysis of the 2013 Concept of Public Security in the Russian Federation (now no longer in effect) and the current 2021 National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation was conducted, revealing the loss of legal definitions such as "public security", "threat to public security", and others. The absence of a unified strategic document in this area creates terminological inconsistencies in sectoral legislation, complicating the classification of acts and the delineation of agency competencies. Conclusions: Systemic defects in the conceptual framework of public safety are a consequence of the termination of the Concept of Public Safety in the Russian Federation and the lack of an adequate replacement. Overcoming these defects requires institutionalizing the conceptual framework at the level of a strategic planning document, which would establish a unified conceptual framework binding on legislators and law enforcement agencies. The scientific significance lies in identifying and systematizing the shortcomings of the conceptual framework of public safety, as well as in justifying institutionalization as a means of overcoming them and developing original definitions (public safety, threat to public safety, etc.), allowing for the formation of a coherent legal system instead of fragmented regulation. The practical significance lies in the possibility of using the proposed definitions and approaches to defining their content in lawmaking when drafting a new strategic planning document, as well as when amending sectoral legislation to standardize the conceptual framework of public safety.