Improving Officer and Civilian Health
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorHealthy Tarrant County Collaboration
About this trial
As a profession, law enforcement produces unique occupational health outcomes for officers and civilians. To date, most studies have focused on improving health outcomes related to law enforcement from a microlevel perspective, with particular attention to individual and behavioral factors. Such a focus misses the broader macro-level factors that perpetuate occupational harms. To address this gap, this study uses the PRECEDE-PROCEED model of intervention development to examine modifiable macro-level factors contributing to adverse occupational health outcomes for law enforcement and civilians. Using a mixed-method design and partnering with local law enforcement agencies, the investigators will implement and test an intervention to reduce occupational health harms related to law enforcement.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
All Aims: Individuals who speak English.
All Aims: Individuals who are at least 18 years or older.
Aim 1a, Aim 2a, Aim 2b, Aim 2c: Law enforcement officers from the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department who have been in their role for six months or longer.
Aim 1b: Staff members in the Tarrant County District Attorneys in office who have been in their role for one year or longer.
Disqualifiers
All Aims: Individuals who do not speak English.
All Aims: Individuals under the age of 18.
Aim 1a, Aim 2a, Aim 2b, Aim 2c: Individuals not currently employed by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department or have not been employed for at least six months in the department.
Aim 1b: District Attorneys outside of Tarrant County or have not been in their position for at least 6 months.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Software enabled assistance
BehavioralSoftware enabled analysis to identify heightened stress level in police indicating a need for additional support to facilitate their well-being leading to improved job performance.
Treatment groups
108 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsGroup A: Use of AIActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Digitizing Cite & Release PaperworkActive comparator 1 intervention
Group C: Alternative Response UnitActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Number of Citation Eligible Offenses Resolved Via Citation versus Arrest
Count of citation-eligible misdemeanor offenses resolved through citation/cite-and-release versus arrest, as recorded in agency arrest/CAD data.
Time frame
Through the study completion, approximately 3 years.2
Number of Use of Force Incidents
Total number of use-of-force incidents recorded in agency administrative data, reviewed retrospectively (pre-intervention) and prospectively throughout the intervention period.
Time frame
Through the study completion, approximately 3 years.3
Generalized Anxiety and Depression Scale
PHQ9 GAD7 - Generalized Anxiety and Depression Scale; Surveys will be adapted for the audience.
Time frame
Baseline and follow-up estimated at six months.4
Moral Injury Events Scale for Law Enforcement (MIES-LE)
Assesses law enforcement exposure to events that may create moral injury. Survey will be adapted to the audience.
Time frame
Baseline & follow-up estimated six months apartSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov