The article is devoted to the formation of universal competences of students in educational institutions of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia using the case-method of teaching. The authors have identified the main synonymous contradictions in the definition of the concept of “universal competence”. The main problems that lie in the choice of means and methods of development and the formation of universal competencies of students are highlighted. The subject of the study was determined the process of formation of universal competencies of students. The basic concepts of the competence approach are considered. It shows what universal competences should be formed in the framework of GEF3 ++ by a specialist in the specialty law enforcement. Disclosed the concept of educational technology, as well as the essence of the case-method of teaching. It schematically shows what the technological stages of the case-method of teaching consist of. An example of one of the mini-projects, which is aimed at the formation of universal competencies of students. Table 1 showed the stages of formation of universal competencies among students, and Table 2 showed the formation of universal competencies of students in a class on the basics of special ATS equipment. As a result of the study, it can be concluded that, in general, the case method allows to improve the educational process, involve students in the process of live communication, instill autonomy for searching, analyzing, extracting and evaluating information, which contributes to the process of developing universal competences of future police officers. In this paper, the following methods were applied: comparative analysis, case-method of teaching.