Exploration of individual and work-related impacts on police officers and police staff working in support or front-line roles during the UK’s first COVID lockdown

Exploration of individual and work-related impacts on police officers and police staff working in support or front-line roles during the UK’s first COVID lockdown 

Jennifer Brown & Jenny Fleming | Police Journal 

Research into police workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is gaining momentum across many disciplines and countries. Universally these commentaries point to deficiencies in leadership, support and communication as likely to exacerbate stress impacts on police personnel. The consequences of policing the pandemic identify stress, resilience, mental health issues and misconduct as possible responses, and the women experienced greater strain that their male colleagues. Rising levels of stress for women police officers during lockdown, were not only associated with increased home responsibilities and working through the pandemic, but also related to the broader organizational response to employees. 

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Brown, J and Fleming, J. (2021) Exploration of individual and work-related impacts on police officers and police staff working in support or front-line roles during the UK’s first COVID lockdown, Police Journal.  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0032258X211052891