4. Priorities for Prevention of Threats to the National Security 4.1. Prevention of Threats to the Internal Security One of the elements characterising the internal security without a united civil society, stable economic environment, and powerful mass media is the level of safety and stability the inhabitants feel in their daily life in the country, as well as the level of their trust to the capacity of security authorities (the Constitution Protection Bureau, Security Police, and military intelligence and security service) and law enforcement agencies for protection of the society in case of various kinds of threats. State security authorities and institutions that protect rights, as well as the State Border Guard are directly responsible for the protection of separate basic values established in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia. These values include independence of the state, democratic system, territorial integrity, and internal security of the country. In the context of internal security, it is important that these institutions have professional understanding about various changes in the international environment and their general effects on the national security – the institutions have to be able to provide a relevant response to the current situation, and their capacity must develop even further in the future. In order to improve the internal security, it is necessary to strengthen reaction capacity, modernise the current technical and material equipment and purchase new equipment, as well as increase human resources capacity of law enforcement agencies, particularly the State Police and State Border Guard. As one of the priorities for drafting the medium-term budgetary framework of 2015 the government has brought forward the internal and external security. This means that the government also will provide support to officials with specific ranking, thus preventing professional personnel from leaving the country and increasing the capacity of the internal security measures. The personnel stationed on the eastern border of Latvia would be the first defence line to come into contact with external threat. The State Police also have to be ready to immediately react in situations that include open aggression towards the current state authority, for example protests and violent social unrest. Provision and maintenance of this level of readiness require a