Policing under pressure: Operational and organisational stressors on officer mental health in the UK and Ireland

25th April 2025Dr Cody Porter, University of West of England

With police officers in the UK and Ireland operating under immense pressures, University of the West of England Senior Lecturers Dr Cody Porter and Dr Paul Gavin share findings from their recent research projects into specific sources of stress and its profound impacts on officers’ mental health in both jurisdictions, and call for a shift in the way mental health is treated – “not as an afterthought, but as an operational priority”.

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Policing under pressure: Operational and organisational stressors on officer mental health in the UK and Ireland

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