Abstract
Social work as a discipline has made progress in many areas, including school social work, military social work, and mental health, to name a few. Conversely, police social work has seen a reductio...
Highlights
Adequate policing needs the requisite experience and education to provide a variety of services to victims and their families
The findings of this study clearly show the need for police social workers in police departments since they offer a wide array of skills beneficial to victims of crime or citizens engaged in non-emergency situations
The established need of police social workers in police departments may not translate into a fullfledged collaboration between the police force and social workers during interventions because this marriage of sorts will not happen overnight
Summary
Adequate policing needs the requisite experience and education to provide a variety of services to victims and their families. Officers need to critically analyze the role of systemic racism, victimization, and the treatment of victims from diverse political, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds. It is of paramount importance for the police officers to remain safe, secure, and out of harm’s way while carrying out their numerous duties. As exemplified by the recent casualties of both civilians and police officers in the US, the inclusion of social workers among patrol units during potentially volatile interventions can have a dramatic impact on mortality rates. We hypothesize that collaboration between law enforcement and social workers during police interventions will reduce the amount of avoidable casualties as well as build, or increase, police-community trust
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