Personal Characteristics of Military Personnel and Law Enforcement Officers that Determine Psychological Readiness for Duty with Firearm

Abstract Objectives The prevalence of overweight and obesity among tactical populations is estimated at 70–75%, which may negatively impact health and performance. Since the relationship between BMI and health and performance is not well studied in tactical populations, the purpose of this study was to systematically review available literature on the relationship between BMI and health and performance among law enforcement officers (LEO), firefighters, and military personnel. Methods Literature searches were conducted in PubMed and SCOPUS using combinations of search terms: body mass index, health*, cardiovascular disease, heart disease, heart attack, myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, performance, physical fitness test*, physical training, fitness test*, injur*, law enforcement, police, trooper, firefighter, military, soldier, airmen, and sailor. Included studies used BMI as an adiposity assessment; involved cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, diabetes (T2DM), performance testing, and injuries among US LEOs, firefighters, or military personnel; and involved peer-reviewed primary research between 2000–2020. Review studies; studies on other tactical populations, retirees, and trainees; and studies using BMI as a covariate were excluded. Included articles were critically appraised using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Quality Criteria Checklist. Results Twenty-seven articles were included. Overall quality was neutral. Nine studies found BMI was positively associated with CVD risk factors. Studies involving BMI and cancer were lacking. One study found BMI was positively associated with T2DM risk. Five studies on occupational/physical performance and twelve studies on injury found a higher BMI was often indicative of decreased performance and increased risk of injury in general, but protective against stress fractures. Conclusions Higher BMI was often associated with negative health and performance outcomes among tactical populations, especially when beyond the overweight classification. Public health practitioners should focus efforts on improving nutrition and physical activity to promote a healthy BMI among these individuals. Funding Sources None.

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MODERN IDEAS ABOUT FILLING IN INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL IN PEACETIME EMERGENCIES AND LOCAL WARS

Современные проблемы науки и образования (Modern Problems of Science and Education) ◽

10.17513/spno.29748 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 158-158

Author(s):

V.I. Loginov ◽

Y.V. Tolmosov ◽

A.G. Botyakov ◽

S.A. Lunin ◽

D.V. Kaznin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Military Personnel ◽

Medical Equipment ◽

Law Enforcement Officers

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Creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance in law enforcement officers

Revista de la Universidad del Zulia ◽

10.46925//rdluz.35.06 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (35) ◽

pp. 106-122

Author(s):

Liubov S. Protsyk ◽

Yuliia Y. Boiko-Buzyl ◽

Vyacheslav P. Kazmirenko ◽

Sofiia B. Vlasenko ◽

Olha V. Olha V. Davydova

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Data Processing ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Law Enforcement Officers ◽

Diagnostic Techniques ◽

Change Readiness ◽

Strong Correlations ◽

Creative Solutions ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Change readiness is an important precondition for human activity and a component of the overall professional readiness. At the same time, an important component of a police officer’s personality is his/her creativity, which allows him/her to make decisions successfully and effectively in the changing and uncertain conditions of law enforcement services. The research aimed at establishing the correlation between the resilience of law enforcement officers to perform duties in unforeseen circumstances and their ability to be creative in this activity. The paper empirically examines the level of manifestation and correlation of creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance in law enforcement officers. The study involved a set of diagnostic techniques for assessing the level of creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data processing were used. Strong correlations between indicators of creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance were found in law enforcement officers. The prospect of further research is to clarify the correlation between creative solutions to occupational situations, change readiness and resilience, as well as other personal characteristics of law enforcement officers. This will help to outline a more holistic portrait of law enforcement officers and make their training more effective.

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Features of manifestation of conflict psychoemotional states in the sphere of law enforcement activity

Applied psychology and pedagogy ◽

10.12737/article_5a70da0a2a4914.09472038 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 14-21

Author(s):

Наталья Николаева (Зайцева) ◽

Natalya Nicolaeva (Zaytseva) ◽

Олег Николаев ◽

Oleg Nikolaev

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Police Officers ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Law Enforcement Officers ◽

Basic Principles ◽

Professional Environment ◽

The Individual ◽

Enforcement Activity

The article analyzes the main negative psycho-emotional conditions that are relevant in the professional environment of law enforcement officers. The causes and manifestations of these conditions in certain situations are analyzed with reference to the results of empirical studies of stress and the conclusions of well-known authors. A significant place in the work is given to the basic principles and the simplest ways of getting out of these states in the sphere of law enforcement practice, the specific features of which provoke conflict psychoemotional states among employees. The interrelation of the psychological specifics of the activity of police officers with the individual and personal characteristics of employees, which overcome these conditions in different ways, is analyzed.

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Personal characteristics of a law enforcement unit of special purpose

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2017060207 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 91-105

Author(s):

T.G. Vasilenko

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Law Enforcement Officers ◽

Personality Factors ◽

The Individual ◽

Correlation Pleiades ◽

The Relationship ◽

Method Of Correlation ◽

Comprehensive Study

The relevance of the study of the personal characteristics of law enforcement officers due to a significant number of crimes of an aggressive nature, committed by employees of internal Affairs bodies, and the need to develop preventive measures. The purpose of this research is to study peculiarities of the manifestation of progressive and inhibiting aggression personality factors in the structure of law enforcement officers, whose activities directly associated with aggression in the performance of official duties. The study involved 149 employees of special forces of law enforcement are male aged 18 to 35 years. Used a wide battery of psychodiagnostic methods aimed at a comprehensive study of the individual respondents. the data Obtained were analyzed using the method of correlation pleiades. According to the results, was discovered a unique picture of the relationship among personality structures and interaction progressive and deterrent aggression factors with the prevalence of progressive on inhibitory factors in the studied structure.

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Personal characteristics of wives of law enforcement officers as predictors of the formation of the psychological climate in the family system

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202021019015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 210 ◽

pp. 19015

Author(s):

Julia Kreneva ◽

Elena Suroedova ◽

Olga Korzhova ◽

Tatiana Ozerova

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Family System ◽

Linear Method ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Law Enforcement Officers ◽

Psychological Climate ◽

Marriage Satisfaction ◽

Her Family ◽

The Family

The article deals with the psychological climate in the families of law enforcement officers, which largely depends on the personal characteristics of their wives. Since it is a woman who is historically the "home keeper" and one of her family functions is to provide and maintain an optimal psychological atmosphere in the family, the topic of the article is particularly interesting and relevant. The empirical sample was made up of 205 women who are the spouses of law enforcement officers. The following methods were applied: "Individual typological questionnaire (ITQ) L.N. Sobchik, "Questionnaire of the level of subjective control" (LSC) of the E. G. Bekhterev’s research Institute, "Analysis of family anxiety" (AFA) Eidemiller and V. Justitskis, "Understanding, emotional attraction, authority" (UEA) by A. N. Volkova, "Marriage satisfaction Questionnaire" (MSQ) by V. V. Stolin, T. A. Romanova and G. P. Butenko, statistical linear method of regression analysis. The influence of personal characteristics and locus of control of the wives of law enforcement officers on these components of the psychological climate of the family is established. The results were analyzed and conclusions were drawn about the quality of influence of personal characteristics of the wives of law enforcement officers on the components of the psychological climate in their families.

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