ENAn essential component of an effective pre-trial investigation are not just investigative actions prescribed by criminal procedure laws, their procedures for conduction during one of criminal process stages - pre trial investigation, qualification of investigators, prosecutors, their skills, secondary law which regulates in detail conduction of investigative action but also how does investigative actions works in preliminary stages conduction of investigation actions. Is it effective and efficient? For example, in obtaining permission for such actions as search, covert surveillance, wiretapping. The author analyses one of mentioned investigative actions. This paper presents overview on it in the light of reform in civilian security sector launched and still going in Ukraine after Revolution of Dignity of 2014. The paper has been developed to present to wider audience the remarks about management of resources (material, financial, human) for obtaining permission to conduct search or wiretapping during pre trial investigation.