TY - JOUR

T1 - It’s tough shit, basically, that you're all gonna get it'

T2 - UK virus testing and police officer anxieties of contracting COVID-19

AU - De Camargo, Camilla

PY - 2022/1/31

Y1 - 2022/1/31

N2 - Policing is a high-risk occupation that can cause a myriad of psychosocial problems to its workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, officers have experienced increased rates of anxiety around contracting the virus, and these fears have been mirrored by their families, due to the largelyunknown nature of the virus and mounting reports of police deaths across the world. Using data from 18 police officer interviews from a range of roles and forces in early summer 2020, this paper exploresofficer experiences of policing the pandemic, the emotional labour involved, and the detachment and displacement of anxiety and fear of working a global pandemic with little support from management.

AB - Policing is a high-risk occupation that can cause a myriad of psychosocial problems to its workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, officers have experienced increased rates of anxiety around contracting the virus, and these fears have been mirrored by their families, due to the largelyunknown nature of the virus and mounting reports of police deaths across the world. Using data from 18 police officer interviews from a range of roles and forces in early summer 2020, this paper exploresofficer experiences of policing the pandemic, the emotional labour involved, and the detachment and displacement of anxiety and fear of working a global pandemic with little support from management.

KW - Policing

KW - Covid-19

KW - Stress

KW - Coronovirus

KW - Police

KW - Emotional labour

KW - Anxiety

U2 - 10.1080/10439463.2021.1883609

DO - 10.1080/10439463.2021.1883609

M3 - Journal article

VL - 32

SP - 35

EP - 51

JO - Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy

JF - Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy

SN - 1043-9463

IS - 1

ER -