Provincial Police Research Articles

Environmental Resilience Challenges and Mining Policy in East Kutai Regency, Indonesia: A Case Study

This study aims to identify weaknesses in the oversight of excavation C mining activities by the East Kutai Regency Government, which contribute to soil degradation and alterations to natural landscapes. These mining operations result in large, water-filled pits that become breeding grounds for mosquitoes and disease, while also causing air pollution during the dry season. The research employs a qualitative approach, combining a literature review with interviews. The findings reveal that, first, excavation C mining disrupts ecosystem balance through the overexploitation of natural resources and fosters illegal mining activities. Second, challenges in monitoring excavation C mining involve the Satpol PP (Civil Service Police Unit) as the primary enforcement body, along with the enforcement of local regulations designed to minimize environmental damage. However, a lack of coordination between the East Kutai Regency Satpol PP and the East Kalimantan Provincial Police complicates regulatory enforcement and community protection efforts. This study recommends implementing strict sanctions against companies that illegally damage the environment to improve oversight effectiveness and promote environmental sustainability.

Eyes on the Truth: Assessing the Use of the Body-Worn Cameras in South Cotabato Provincial Police Office

The use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, with the aim of enhancing accountability, improving police-community relations, and providing valuable evidence for investigations. This study assessed the use of body-worn cameras and alternative recording devices by South Cotabato Provincial Police Office personnel. A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining quantitative data analysis and qualitative interviews with selected officers in the South Cotabato Provincial Police Office. The findings revealed that the South Cotabato Provincial Police Office had fully implemented the use of body-worn cameras and alternative recording devices in the execution of warrants and other planned police operations. There are only other police units and police personnel doing routine police activities who do not wear body-worn cameras or alternative recording devices. The PNP personnel also highly complied with the rules on the use of body-worn cameras and alternative recording devices during encounters with a suspect or accused, and their rights were highly observed by the South Cotabato Provincial Police Office. There is a need to provide more budget in the PNP organization to equip all police personnel in the South Cotabato Police Provincial Office with body- worn cameras intended for overt and covert operations. This research study made several contributions to the existing body of knowledge on the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement agencies in the Philippines. It provides empirical evidence on the implementation and compliance of the South Cotabato Provincial Police personnel, offering valuable insights into the perspectives of police officers. By adopting a mixed-methods approach, the research captured a comprehensive understanding of the challenges, benefits, and opportunities associated with the deployment of this technology in a specific regional setting. The research findings also had direct policy implications, highlighting the need to align the policies of agencies and branches of government, comprehensive training programs, robust data management protocols, and the allocation of a bigger budget for law enforcement programs. Finally, this research adds to the limited body of literature on the use of body-worn cameras in developing countries, where the implementation and evaluation of such technologies may face distinct challenges and opportunities compared to more established contexts. The insights and lessons learned from the South Cotabato Provincial Police Office case study can inform future research and the global discourse on the role of technology in policing and public safety.

현장 사례를 통한 위기협상 발전 방향에 관한 연구 - 협상가 인터뷰를 중심으로

Since the 2010s, negotiation practices within the Korean Police Force have seen substantial advancements. Negotiation teams managed by each provincial police department and those at the national investigation headquarters handle initial responses at scenes. The increased visibility and recognized importance of police negotiation teams have led to more frequent dispatches of negotiation officers and significant successes, such as in the hostage situations in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang Province, and a bakery in Gangnam District, Seoul. However, a persistent preference for tactical responses over trust in crisis negotiation often dominates on the ground, indicating the need for further improvements. The National Police Agency conducts in-depth training sessions biannually to enhance the capabilities of professional negotiators, while provincial police departments focus on basic negotiation training through local educational institutions. Nonetheless, there is a significant shortfall in the training provided to commanders overseeing these operations, resulting in inadequate communication. The reduction of training programs at police educational institutions since 2024 has raised concerns. This study aims to analyze opinions from scholars and practitioners who were directly involved in or active in crisis negotiations, such as the 2017 Hapcheon hostage incident, to identify the challenges encountered in the field and suggest potential improvements.

Through the Lens of Accountability: Body-Worn Cameras in Police Operations at Pampanga Police Provincial Office

This study evaluates the compliance of the Pampanga Provincial Police Office with the use of body-worn cameras and alternative recording devices during police operations in the province Pampanga and examines the severity of problems encountered in their use. Specifically, it assesses compliance in terms of procedural fairness, police performance, data protocols, privacy concerns, and camera benefit while investigating the relationship between compliance levels and encountered problems. It hypothesizes that higher compliance levels are associated with fewer operational problems and that certain areas, such as data protocols and privacy, may present greater challenges. A descriptive correlational design was used, employing structured questionnaires to gather data from 200 respondents, including police officers and community members. Key findings indicate a very high compliance level in using Body-Worn Cameras and Alternative Recording Devices (Mean = 3.49), but also highlight significant challenges, with an overall severity rating of problems as high (Mean = 2.81). Correlational analysis suggests a moderate positive relationship between perceived compliance and the severity of problems faced. The study recommends tailored training, procedural adjustments, and improved data management and privacy measures to address these challenges. Limitations of the study include potential biases in respondent perceptions and constraints in generalizing findings to other regions. Policymakers are urged to enhance transparency, accountability, and public trust in police practices to foster a safer community environment in Pampanga Province.

Violent Extremism: Work Stories of Women Police Officers in a Mobile Force Company in Eastern Philippines

This study delved into the work experiences of women police officers assigned in mobile force companies in the entirety of Samar. Criticized for its underperforming economy due to insurgent threats, this district provided a backdrop for exploring the role of women police officers in counter-insurgency programs. The research employed a phenomenological, qualitative approach to uncover deeper insights.This study used phenomenological research design. Ten (10) women police officers from various areas in Samar, including Allen, Pambujan, Calbayog, Catbalogan, Dolores and Quinapondan were chosen as informants. These officers, with a minimum of two years of experience, were selected from the Samar provincial police records.Interviews were conducted and recorded using a smartphone application, ensuring detailed and accurate transcriptions. Most responses were in English, with a small portion in the local dialect, which was translated for clarity.The study identified nine emergent themes: Community Engagement and Trust, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Community Resilience and Peacebuilding, Mental Health and Resilience, Gender Dynamics and Cultural Sensitivity, Operational Challenges and Adaptation, Personal Growth, Professional Development and Strategic and Tactical Innovation and Women's Leadership and Empowerment . These themes highlighted the importance of of the role of women police officers between the police and community, acknowledged the risks in implementing counter-insurgency programs, and noted the challenges of funding and aligning with government initiatives. The officers expressed continuous effort and aspiration in their roles, emphasizing the need for recognition in the role of women police officers.

The politics of policing in Pakistan: decentralisation of power in a federalised political landscape

ABSTRACT How do political parties establish partisan control over police forces in federalised hybrid regimes with powerful militaries? Focusing on Pakistan, this paper examines how, in the context of limited and ambiguous administrative decentralisation after the 18th Amendment to the constitution, and continued military embeddedness in state bureaucracies, parties have sought to control provincial police forces. Focusing on clashes over appointments in the leadership of provincial police forces, we argue that: firstly, turnover in the leadership of provincial police forces is more likely under new governments than under incumbent governments; and, secondly, provincial police leadership is more likely to pushback against partisan control when the hybrid political system is vertically fragmented, i.e, when the provincial political leadership and the federal military leadership are not aligned. We analyse the politics of policing in two provinces, Sindh and Punjab, since 2017. This comparative analysis contributes to debates on the politics of policing in hybrid federations.

Using ethically sourced training aids for human remains detection dog training

Human remains detection dogs (HRDDs) play vital roles in forensic investigations and search and rescue missions by detecting decomposing human remains. However, there is a lack of standardized training protocols globally. This study evaluates various ethically sourced HRDD training aids, including amputated limbs, blood, and teeth used by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Expanding on prior research, this study assesses amputated limbs stored outdoors, bone, tissue, blood, and teeth. The volatile organic compound (VOC) profiles of these aids are compared to cadavers decomposing at the Research in Experimental and Social Thanatology (REST) facility. The results highlighted that the combined VOC profile from all HRDD training aid types demonstrates a 68% similarity to REST cadavers, emphasizing the potential benefit of exposing HRDDs to a diverse range of training aids. This is because the similarities in VOC profiles of individual training aid types (amputated limbs stored indoors, bone, blood, tissue, amputated limbs stored outdoors, teeth) with REST cadavers were lower than 68%. Teeth (without organic matter) were identified as the least ideal training aid for enabling dogs to detect cadavers based on VOC profiles and HRDD responses. However, training on teeth may be required for operational needs, particularly when HRDDs need to locate teeth during field searches. This study also highlights the effectiveness of using amputated limbs and blood together as they comprise a majority of the 68% VOCs found similar to the REST cadavers and elicit desirable HRDD responses to decomposition odor.

이원화 자치경찰제 추진을 위한 선결 과제

The autonomous police system is based on the premise that the quality of life of the residents can be improved by the police system for the residents, by the residents, and for the residents. Fundamental questions have been raised as to whether Korea's autonomous police system is being operated for the residents, but on the other hand, the current autonomous police system has been implemented after discussion and review of the autonomous police system for a considerable period of time. The autonomous police system is a system that pursues values contrary to the national police system, placing importance on democracy and procedurality rather than efficiency. The autonomous police system is an essential element in the decision-making process of residents aiming for grassroots democracy, and Korea's autonomous police system does not utilize the purpose of the autonomous police system in that it is implemented by determining the model and operation method centrally. In order to operate the autonomous police system, a blueprint to transfer much of the police power to local governments should have been presented, but due to the inefficiency of decentralized systems, confrontation between the two Koreas, and familiarity with the implementation of the national police system, a centralized national police system was maintained, and a formal police organization with limited responsibilities and authority was established in local governments and only some police duties closely related to residents' lives was carried out as an office manager. Despite various problems, the autonomous police system has become an irreversible trend of the times, and although it is insufficient, discussions continue as it contributes to improving the quality of life of residents by improving the problems. The Yoon Suk Yeol government, which was launched in May 2022, launched the “Police System Development Committee” under the Prime Minister in September of the same year and said that it would pilot the dual autonomous police system in Jeju, Sejong, Gangwon and Jeonbuk, but discussions were underway until February 2023 and have been suspended. Given that time is needed to overhaul legislation, implement new models, and improve complementary points, it is not easy to keep its pledge to fully implement the dual autonomous police system by 2026. There are both negative criticisms of the autonomous police system, which has been implemented from 2021 to 2024, as well as positive evaluations of the process of developing the autonomous police system as a transitional period. It is difficult to say that the “double-level” model, in which autonomous police organizations are operated separately from national police, immediately carries out practical autonomous police administration, but it can take on the shape of an autonomous police rather than a unified model. A form of incorporating the national police system centered on the autonomous police system was considered a hard landing plan, and a form of incorporating the autonomous police system centered on the national police system was suggested as a soft landing plan. As a hard landing plan, the full transfer of national police authority to local governments and the introduction of an election system for the chairman of the municipal and provincial autonomous police committees or police officers were proposed. As a soft landing plan, a bill should be enacted or revised to allow the dualization model to operate more efficiently, which should include organizational and operational aspects. The main contents will require the transfer of organization, manpower, and budget to local governments, and accordingly, organizations that can perform autonomous police affairs, such as the autonomous police committee and the autonomous police headquarters, should be reorganized.

제1기 자치경찰위원회 운영 평가 및 법제도적 개선방향에 대한 小考

On January 1, 2021, the autonomous police system was implemented in Korea, and local autonomy was implemented in the field of security following general administration and education administration. In terms of decentralization, it was expected that the essential purpose of local autonomy would be realized by providing customized policing services based on the characteristics of the region and the will of the residents, and the democracy, decentralization and resident orientation of police activities would be strengthened. In the second half of 2020, the unified autonomous police model bill was completely revised and enacted through a sudden policy change in the dualized autonomous police model, which was previously discussed, and the institutional basis was established with the leading role of the National Police Agency in the situation of lack of preparation period. In the meantime, the term of the first autonomous police commissioners, who have played a pivotal role in the settlement and development of the autonomous police system, has expired and is now preparing for the formation of a new second autonomous police committee. At this point, it is expected that it will provide implications for the stable development of the autonomous police system as well as the preparation of the second autonomous police committee to clarify the current status of the autonomous police system and legal and institutional problems and to present concrete suggestions for future improvement directions. In organizing this paper, I basically referred to various literature materials such as publication data, research papers and media reports of the National Police Agency and the municipal autonomous police committee. In order to grasp the reality of the operation of the system and to find out the effective improvement direction of the legal system, I also listened to the vivid opinions and suggestions for improvement through direct interviews with some autonomous police committee members and police related NGOs such as autonomous crime prevention groups. Since the implementation of the autonomous police system, mutual cooperation between the city and provincial offices and the city and provincial police agencies has worked closely in the autonomous police affairs by securing the linkage between local administration and security administration centered on the autonomous police committees in cities and provinces across the country. Various policing policies have been established and implemented to reflect the will and participation of residents in the police administration and to provide policing services suitable for local specificity. The responsibility of the heads of local governments for local security has been increased by cities and provinces across the country, and the budget for projects needed to carry out local police affairs has also been increased. However, despite many developments and achievements, there has been a constant need to supplement the essential limitations of the current autonomous police system, low awareness of the autonomous police, and the promotion of mutual cooperation with the autonomous police committee and the national police. More in-depth discussions are needed in that the introduction of the dualization model of the autonomous police and the financial burden of the state are related to the maintenance of security at the national level and the allocation of the national budget. It is hoped that the police system development committee under the Prime Minister's Office will make systematic and careful decisions based on national consensus and careful financial analysis and diagnosis so that the total amount of national security will not be damaged in the rapidly changing domestic and overseas security environment.

A Christmas Eve Murder and the Notorious Georges: Community Identity in Northern British Columbia, 1913/14

Abstract Based upon archival and newspaper sources, this article explores the relationship between the notoriety of South Fort George, Fort George, and Prince George (the Georges) in British Columbia's northern interior, and the sense of self and place for residents on the eve of World War I. The investigation of Harry Porters’ Christmas Eve murder glimpses gender, class, and ethnic sensibilities linking the region with the rest of the province and nation, along with the British Columbia Provincial Police force's reliance on peace keeping in an era that was beginning to reassess what professional policing might entail. The result demonstrates that while the Georges imagined themselves as resting on the periphery of the white settlement frontier, the evidence indicates that in seeking acceptance by opinion leaders elsewhere in the nation, locally self-identified respectable people eagerly embraced the norms of post-Edwardian Canada. That the Georges tawdry reputation persists into the early twenty-first century suggests that the resilience of this notoriety reflects forces at play well-beyond British Columbia's northern interior. Framed in this fashion, the Christmas Eve murder sheds light on the legacies of reputation on the white settlement frontier, the influence of gender, class, and ethnicity in the construction of crime, and the evolution of professional policing.

시·도자치경찰위원회의 발전방안

In terms that our nation needs the decentralization of police authority and the provision of the police security service suitable to regional characteristics, it has been proposed that the overall execution of the autonomous local police system is necessary and that bloated police authority should be efficiently distributed through the adjustment of the investigatory authority and the introduction of the autonomous police system.
 The autonomous police system having gone through overall execution since 2021 is the contemporary task that has been steadily discussed to enhance the democracy of police activities and the directivity of residents for 70 or more years since the restoration of independence. The Moon Jae-in government has made an effort on enacting the autonomous police system around the Self-Governing Decentralization Commission belong to the president by determining the introduction of the wide area local police system. as a national task.
 The legal basis for introducing the local police system was prepared by revising the Police Act through the discussion process to divide police work into national police work and local police work, decentralize the commander and the supervisor by work, and have the municipal and provincial self-governing police committee command and supervise local police work. Henceforth, concerns on the bloatedness of police authority were settled with the secured connectivity of local administration to public security administration to provide the various quality public security services suitable to residential demand and efficiently strengthen the public security capacity of the whole nation.
 This study is concerned with addressing the details of the major bills related to the establishment of National Police Committee with the meeting operation results and the details of the National Public Safety Commission of Japan, analyzing the operation status of municipal and provincial self-governing police committee, and presenting the plan on developing municipal and provincial self-governing police committee accordingly.

성과압박이 비윤리적 친조직 행동에 미치는 영향: 상사 및 동료지원인식의 조절효과

In today's performance-driven competitive environment, employees’ unethical
 pro-organizational behavior has received increasing attention in academia and practice due
 to the seriousness of organizational misconduct and cheating. Accordingly, based on
 Conservation of Resources and Social Information Processing theories, this study examines
 the effects of performance pressure on employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior.
 Moreover, we investigate the moderating role of perceived supervisor and coworker
 support in the relationship between performance pressure and employees' unethical
 pro-organizational behavior. Based on a survey of 225 police officers in the Chungbuk
 Provincial Police Agency, the results are as follows. First, performance pressure is
 positively related to employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior. Second, perceived
 supervisor support moderates the relationship between employees' performance pressure
 and their unethical pro-organizational behavior. Specifically, the positive relationship
 between performance pressure and employees' unethical pro-organization behavior is
 weaker when perceived supervisor support is high than when it is low. Third, unlike the
 result for perceived supervisor support, the interaction term of perceived coworker support
 with performance pressure is not significant for employees' unethical pro-organizational
 behavior. Based on these findings, this study aims to provide theoretical and practical
 implications by identifying antecedents of employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior, which has been occurring in recent organizational contexts and can have
 destructive effects on organizations and society as a whole, and suggesting ways to
 effectively mitigate it.

EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SYRIANS AND THEIR COMPLIANCE RATE: EXAMPLE OF BURDUR PROVINCE

In this study, the rate of involvement of Syrian individuals living in Burdur city depending on crime types will be examined. The profile of Syrians living in Burdur and the criminal orientation of Syrians depending on crime types will be evaluated from the data of Burdur Provincial Police Department. Therefore, the general proportion of Syrians as real persons in the incidents will be determined according to the crime types. Within the scope of the research, a crime type profile will be created for all foreign nationals living in Burdur. In the research, it will be examined whether there is a relationship between the socio-demographic characteristics of the Syrians and their tendency to crime. In this context, the educational status of Syrian refugees will be evaluated within the scope of primary, secondary and high school, and it will be examined whether it has an effect on the crime profile.

Communication Relations Strategy North Sumatra Regional Police in Building Police Image in North Sumatra, Indonesia

This aims at analyzing the communication strategy of North Sumatera Provincial Police Public Relation to build the image of police in North Sumatera. This qualitative research employs a phenomenological approach. The findings of the research indicate that the communication strategy of the Public Relation Division of North Sumatera Provincial Police focuses on the use of media, such as online media, social media, or printed media. The willingness of the North Sumatera Provincial Police Force to provide training and coaching for personnel, technological support, and collaboration with other institutions and society have been identified as effective factors in the Provincial Police Force's communication strategy to build the image of police. The public, on the other hand, believes that the communication strategy implemented by the Public Relations of North Sumatera Provincial Police to improve police image is ineffective.

Manajemen Komunikasi Program Vaksinasi Covid 19 sebagai Wujud Keterbukaan Informasi oleh Humas Polda Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah

The vaccination program is one of the government's efforts to suppress the growth rate of the Covid-19 virus and control the condition of society and the country's economy. The target of people who have been vaccinated nationally has not reached the target, both from vaccines 1-2 and boosters 1-2. This is caused by the rise of hoax news so that there are still people who are afraid of being vaccinated. For this reason, education and outreach are needed through proper communication management by various sectors, one of which is the police.
 This study aims to determine the communication management of the Covid 19 vaccination program by Central Sulawesi Regional Police Public Relations. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative by conducting interviews with four (4) informants and observations in the Public Relations Department. The communication management of the Covid 19 vaccination program which has been carried out by the Public Relations Division of the Central Sulawesi Provincial Police has provided sufficient information in an effort to prevent the spread of the Covid 19 virus. This process can be seen through the elements of communication management which starts with planning in the form of determining the selection of communicators, packaging messages, media selection and audience determination. The Central Sulawesi Regional Police BidHumas oversees three sub-sectors namely PID (Information and Documentation Management), Multimedia and PenMas (Public Information). At the organizing stage, these three sub-sectors coordinate with each other in disseminating information. Furthermore, the implementation is divided into actions where things that have been planned start to be carried out according to their duties and functions and communication is realized by disseminating information through media owned by the Central Sulawesi Regional Police and in collaboration with conventional mass media and online media. Finally, evaluation has not been carried out routinely so it is hoped that in the future this can be done to measure the effectiveness of messages and communication media.

한국형 자치경찰의 맞춤형 복지정책 발전방안

In the case of police officers, with the full implementation of the self-governing police system, welfare points are paid to public officials in charge of autonomous police duties at the level of customized welfare points paid to public officials in each city and province, and appropriate welfare benefits are selected according to the preferences and needs of each employee. In order to boost morale, such as improving the welfare and treatment of police field workers, each provincial and provincial autonomous police committee is implementing customized welfare support for local police. In the case of police officers, it is difficult to say that proper benefits are being given to police officers who have special characteristics in their work that are different from general public officials. In this regard, this study suggested short- to mid- to long-term development plans for the following customized welfare support for public officials performing autonomous police affairs. First, as a short-term plan, measures such as support for overseas travel expenses, improvement of working environment, education support, and dispatch of resident police officers are needed. As a mid- to long-term development plan for customized welfare support, expansion of the scope of payment, development of welfare options based on the specificity of the autonomous police work, vitalization of linkage with welfare point-related organizations, promotion, and welfare system based on the specificity of the autonomous police job establishment is required.

국가경찰과 자치경찰의 관계에 관한 연구

The former Police Act was enacted as Act No. 4369 on May 31, 1991, and came into effect on July 31, 1991. The former Police Act had 23 partial amendments or other laws, and the name was changed to the Act on the Organization and Operation of National Police and Autonomous Police (hereinafter referred to as the “Police Act”) while making the 24th full amendment (Act No. 17689, Enforcement on December 22, 2020). The fully revised Police Act was partially revised to Act No. 17990 on March 30, 2021, and the second partial amendment was partially revised to Act No. 19023 on November 15, 2022, and has been in effect since February 16, 2023. The current police law divides police affairs into national and autonomous police affairs, distributes command and supervision authority for each office, and provides a legal basis for the introduction of the autonomous police system. The main contents of the current police law were divided into national police affairs and autonomous police affairs, the head of the National Investigation Headquarters was set up at the National Police Agency, and when it was necessary to recruit and appoint from outside the National Police Agency. This paper aims to study the relationship between the national police and the autonomous police caused by the enactment of the current police law, which aims to introduce the autonomous police system, and legal problems arising from the relationship between the national police and the autonomous police. To this end, first of all, we would like to examine the concept of police affairs based on the concept of police in lecture, and to examine the distinction between national police affairs and autonomous police affairs, focusing on the contents of the police law. In particular, the National Police Commission defined it as a deliberation and decision-making agency, and the city and provincial police committees were defined as consensus administrative agencies, so legal problems were derived and proposed.

국가경찰과 자치경찰의 관계에 관한 연구

The former Police Act was enacted as Act No. 4369 on May 31, 1991, and came into effect on July 31, 1991. The former Police Act had 23 partial amendments or other laws, and the name was changed to the Act on the Organization and Operation of National Police and Autonomous Police (hereinafter referred to as the “Police Act”) while making the 24th full amendment (Act No. 17689, Enforcement on December 22, 2020). The fully revised Police Act was partially revised to Act No. 17990 on March 30, 2021, and the second partial amendment was partially revised to Act No. 19023 on November 15, 2022, and has been in effect since February 16, 2023. The current police law divides police affairs into national and autonomous police affairs, distributes command and supervision authority for each office, and provides a legal basis for the introduction of the autonomous police system. The main contents of the current police law were divided into national police affairs and autonomous police affairs, the head of the National Investigation Headquarters was set up at the National Police Agency, and when it was necessary to recruit and appoint from outside the National Police Agency. This paper aims to study the relationship between the national police and the autonomous police caused by the enactment of the current police law, which aims to introduce the autonomous police system, and legal problems arising from the relationship between the national police and the autonomous police. To this end, first of all, we would like to examine the concept of police affairs based on the concept of police in lecture, and to examine the distinction between national police affairs and autonomous police affairs, focusing on the contents of the police law. In particular, the National Police Commission defined it as a deliberation and decision-making agency, and the city and provincial police committees were defined as consensus administrative agencies, so legal problems were derived and proposed.

Review of: Police psychology: New trends in forensic psychological science

Journal of Forensic SciencesEarly View BOOK REVIEW Review of: Police psychology: New trends in forensic psychological scienceBy P Marques, M Paulino (Ed.), London: Academic Press. 2022. 422 pp. Peter I. Collins MD, MCA, FRCPC, Corresponding Author Peter I. Collins MD, MCA, FRCPC [email protected] Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Criminal Behaviour Analysis Section, Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence Peter I. Collins, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Peter I. Collins MD, MCA, FRCPC, Corresponding Author Peter I. Collins MD, MCA, FRCPC [email protected] Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Criminal Behaviour Analysis Section, Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence Peter I. Collins, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 30 March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15244Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation

A feasibility study of psychological first aid as a supportive intervention among police officers exposed to traumatic events.

Police officers are often exposed to traumatic events, which can induce psychological distress and increase the risk of developing post-traumatic stress injuries. To date, little is known about support and prevention of traumatic events in police organizations. Psychological first aid (PFA) has been promoted as a promising solution to prevent psychological distress following exposure to a traumatic event. However, PFA has not yet been adapted to policing reality, let alone to the frequent exposure to traumatic events faced by this population. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of PFA as an early intervention for the prevention of post-traumatic stress injuries among police officers in Quebec, Canada. Specifically, the objectives were to evaluate: (1) the demand. (2) the practicality, and (3) the acceptability of PFA in a police organization. A feasibility study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of PFA among Quebec's provincial police force. To do so, 36 police officers participated in semi-structured interviews between October 26th, 2021, and July 23rd, 2022. Participants were comprised of responders (n = 26), beneficiaries (n = 4) and managers (n = 6). Interviews were transcribed, coded, and evaluated according to a thematic analysis. Eleven themes emerged from participants' responses. Results suggested that PFA met individual and organizational needs. References were also made regarding the impacts of this intervention. Moreover, participants provided feedback for improving the implementation and sustainability of a PFA program. All three groups of participants shared similar thematic content. Findings revealed that implementation of a PFA program in a law enforcement agency was feasible and could be accomplished without major issues. Importantly, PFA had beneficial consequences within the organization. Specifically, PFA destigmatized mental health issues and renewed a sense of hope among police personnel. These findings are in line with previous research.