Let’s be careful out there: The changing nature of occupational danger in policing

4th September 2023David Marshall, Policing Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire

While police officers accept and understand the physical dangers of the job, David Marshall, a serving officer and part-time policing lecturer and PhD researcher, believes that the constant negative rhetoric, public disdain and media criticism around policing – exacerbated by a lack of effective leadership – is leaving officers exposed to even greater levels of psychological danger and harm to mental health that are fuelling high attrition rates.

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Let’s be careful out there: The changing nature of occupational danger in policing

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