Police Officers’ Promotion Prospects and Intention to Leave the Police

Boag-Munroe, Fran; Donnelly, J; Mechelen, D Van; Elliott-Davies, M

doi:10.1093/police/paw033

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“…The response rate was relatively low, though comparable to that achieved in recent research concerning working conditions in policing (Houdmont et al 2012, Allisey et al 2014, Fielding et al 2016, Boag-Munroe et al 2017. Chi-square analyses indicated that the socio-demographic profile of the full sample and population (Home Office 2016) were broadly comparable, with no significant difference for gender (p > .05).…”

Section: Procedures and Participantssupporting

confidence: 78%

Single crewing in English and Welsh policing: frequency and associations with violence towards and injuries in officers

Houdmont

Elliott-Davies

Donnelly

2018

Policing and Society

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There is limited contemporary evidence concerning whether single crewing -the deployment of unaccompanied police officers -presents a risk to officer safety. This exploratory self-report study examined the frequency of single crewing in England and Wales and associations with violence-related variables. Officers represented by the Police Federation of England and Wales contributed survey data on four forms of violent victimisation and injuries requiring medical attention arising from workrelated violence experienced over the 12 months to February 2016. Respondents for whom crewing was applicable to their role indicated the frequency with which they had been single crewed during the same period. Pearson's χ 2 tests were used to characterise socio-and occupational-demographic factors associated with single crewing, violence, and injuries. Associations between single crewing frequency and the target variables were assessed using adjusted binary logistic regression to generate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Among the 11,397 respondents who indicated that crewing was applicable to their role, 53% were often and 21% always single crewed. Relative to those who were never single crewed, the odds of being subjected to verbal insults and verbal threats were significantly elevated in officers who were often or always single crewed. The odds of physical attacks and injuries requiring medical attention were significantly elevated in officers who were always single crewed. There was no association between single crewing frequency and physical attacks with a weapon. These initial cross-sectional findings suggest that tailored crewing options might represent a means by which to reduce violence towards police officers. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Procedures and Participantssupporting

confidence: 78%

Single crewing in English and Welsh policing: frequency and associations with violence towards and injuries in officers

Houdmont

Elliott-Davies

Donnelly

2018

Policing and Society

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“…A perceived lack of promotion opportunities appears to play a considerable role in increasing levels of organisational dissatisfaction and influences intentions to leave the policing organisation (Brunetto and Wharton 2003, Bradford et al 2012, Boag-Munroe et al 2017. This perceived lack of opportunity for advancement is connected with a lack of 'voice' and autonomy at all ranks of the police service.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These variables incorporate the broad categories of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and stress. According to the limited published research in this area, it is police officers who have weak organisational commitment, low levels of job satisfaction and who suffer with high levels of stress, strain and low morale who are the most likely to voluntarily leave the organisation or express an intention to leave (Brough and Frame 2004b, Jones et al 2005, Allisey et al 2014, Boag-Munroe et al 2017. According to a Police Federation survey of police leavers, over half of respondents cited low morale as their reason for leaving (Police Federation 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Voluntary resignations from the police service: the impact of organisational and occupational stressors on organisational commitment

Charman

Bennett

2021

Policing and Society

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The numbers of police officers in England and Wales who resigned voluntarily from the service have been increasing rapidly in recent years. Despite this, there has been scant attention paid to this issue academically or organisationally. Using the guiding framework of organisational commitment with its focus upon active institutional identification, this paper considers police officer decisions to resign voluntarily from the police service. It does this through an analysis of a survey distributed to police officers from one English force who had resigned voluntarily between November 2014 and June 2019. The findings demonstrate that resigning police officers highly value the occupation they have joined, the nature of their work, the opportunities for fulfilling public service ambitions and the satisfaction of working with policing colleagues as part of a team. The findings also indicate however that they are ultimately frustrated by the perceived inability of the organisation to manage the demands upon them and by a sense of organisational 'injustice' emanating from perceptions of a lack of 'voice', leadership, autonomy and support. This damages the exchange-based working relationship between officers and managers, causing a decline in affective organisational commitment. Consequently, these factors have a negative personal impact upon their physical and mental health and an impact upon their caring responsibilities and personal relationships outside of their working environment.

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“…At the group level, a supportive organizational environment and team support have a positive impact on first responder personnel. For example, there is evidence that perceived organizational support increases wellbeing and morale and retention in studies with UK police officers (Boag-Munroe et al, 2017). There is also evidence in first responder samples that as supervisor support increases, job satisfaction increases and organizational and operational stress decrease (Kula, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Pre-incident Training to Build Resilience in First Responders: Recommendations on What to and What Not to Do

Wild¹,

Greenberg²,

Moulds³

et al. 2020

Psychiatry

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Emergency services are under enormous pressure to offer programmes that could protect their staff from the psychological impact of stressors encountered in their roles. There has been a surge in the number of pre-incident training programmes aimed at first responders to maintain their psychological wellbeing after critical incidents. These include pre-employment screening programmes, psychoeducation, operational training, line manager training and interventions aimed at improving resilience, wellbeing or stress management. Whilst developed with the best intentions, these programmes vary in efficacy. Therefore, knowing what training to offer first responders prior to exposure to critical incidents is far from clear. In this review, we critique the available evidence and make recommendations about what to offer and what to avoid offering first responders prior to exposure to critical incidents. We found no evidence of the effectiveness of pre-employment screening or psychoeducation offered as a standalone package, and little evidence for interventions aimed to improve wellbeing and Dr Jennifer Wild is a consultant clinical psychologist, associate professor and NIHR Oxford BRC Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. Her area of expertise is in developing and evaluating evidence-based interventions to prevent stress-related psychopathology in emergency responders. Professor Neil Greenberg is an academic psychiatrist, who is a specialist in the understanding and management of psychological trauma, occupational mental ill-health and post traumatic stress disorder.

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Police Officers’ Promotion Prospects and Intention to Leave the Police

Cited by 13 publications

References 41 publications

Single crewing in English and Welsh policing: frequency and associations with violence towards and injuries in officers

Single crewing in English and Welsh policing: frequency and associations with violence towards and injuries in officers

Voluntary resignations from the police service: the impact of organisational and occupational stressors on organisational commitment

Pre-incident Training to Build Resilience in First Responders: Recommendations on What to and What Not to Do

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