GMU to conduct long-term study of Fairfax County police officers

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If they can secure funding, researchers will track recruits for up to two decades as their careers progress.

the Fairfax County Police Department is enlisting George Mason University criminology professors to track a group of recruits as they progress through their careers.Known as a long-term or “longitudinal” study, the aim is to gain insight into why officers stay in their jobs, why they leave and what pivotal moments shape how they feel about law enforcement.

“I’m not one of those people that subscribes to a bad apple hypothesis,” she said. “I think that people develop in their careers based on the opportunities and the challenges that are presented to them.”interested in what makes people The number of people in the cohort and the kind of questions researchers would ask are still being debated, officials said. Meghan Housley, management analyst at Fairfax County Government, said the study could be focused on up to a couple hundred people, and primarily conducted through surveys.Fairfax County Police Major Greg Fried said many law enforcement agencies have been “slow to arrive” at making concerted efforts to retain officers.

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