Law Enforcement Officers Safety and Wellness: A Multi-Level Study, United States, 2020-2022

The Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Initiative (OSAW) is a nationally representative longitudinal multi-level study of law enforcement officer safety, health, and wellness. The specific objectives of this phase of OSAW research were to [1] Identify the range of beliefs about the prestige of law enforcement officer (LEO) and correctional officer (CO) work and officer job satisfaction, as well as the longitudinal patterns of officer stress and resilience among officers (building on OSAW-A measurement of stressors, safety and health, and the extent to which these estimates vary by gender and by officer assignment); [2] Investigate how officer job satisfaction and perceptions of occupational prestige affect their stress, resilience, and job performance, and the extent to which this relationship varies by gender and officer duty assignment; and [3] Identify whether job satisfaction impacts officers' coping skills and resilience, and whether coping skills and resilience moderate the association between stressors, stress outcomes, and job performance.