Pandemic Policing: public attitudes towards compliance and organisational resilience

英国的COVID-19应对措施为警方提供了新的权力，这可能会侵犯公民自由，改变警务活动的性质。国家警务机构鼓励采用以“参与、解释、鼓励和执行”四个E为基础的遵守而非胁迫办法。在朴茨茅斯大学和汉普郡康斯坦堡大学之间的创新合作中，这项研究考虑了大流行警务对警察和公众的影响。它力求分析警官和警察领导人在特殊情况下的经验，并探讨大流行病警务工作的生理和心理挑战。这些知识将提供以下方面的证据：i）组织复原力、风险识别和有效决策; ii）维持未来服务交付的战略; iii）大流行性警务对警察福祉的影响。该研究亦将考虑个人的世界观如何影响他们对COVID-19限制的看法、他们遵守限制的意愿以及合规/不合规的主要驱动因素，这些因素将影响中长期的警方应对措施。这方面的知识将提供证据，iv）有效的警务在危机中，v）公众满意度/对警察的信心，六）公众是否愿意暂停他们的公民自由和多久，以及七）因素的基础上任何社会/空间的变化。对警察合法性的看法与遵守意愿之间的联系意味着这种理解至关重要。将把研究结果扩大到全国循证警务政策/做法中，并在危机期间及以后评估其影响和修改做法。

The UK's COVID-19 response has provided the police with new powers which potentially impinge upon civil liberties, altering the nature of policing activities. National policing bodies have encouraged a compliance not coercion approach based upon the 4 E's of Engage, Explain, Encourage and Enforce. In an innovative collaboration between the University of Portsmouth and Hampshire Constabulary, this research considers the impact of pandemic policing on the police and the public. It seeks to analyse the experiences of police officers and police leaders in exceptional circumstances and to explore the physical and psychological challenges of pandemic policing. This knowledge will provide evidence of i) organisational resilience, risk identification and effective decision-making, ii) strategies for the maintenance of future service delivery and iii) the impact of pandemic policing on police wellbeing. The research will also consider how the worldviews of individuals influence their perceptions of COVID-19 restrictions, their willingness to comply and key drivers of compliance/non-compliance which will shape the medium-long term police response. This knowledge will provide evidence of iv) effective policing in a crisis, v) public satisfaction/confidence in the police, vi) whether and for how long the public are willing to suspend their civil liberties and vii) factors that underlie any social/spatial variability. The link between perceptions of police legitimacy and willingness to comply means this understanding is crucial. Research findings will be scaled up into evidenced-based policing policies/practices nationally and its impact assessed and practices modified over the period of the crisis and beyond.