Why innovations in policing don’t work or don’t translate

An implementation science survey of US police leaders

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ID21177794
AutoresBrandon Del Pozo (0000-0001-6481-2196, John Brown University, autor correspondente), Rose E A Nevill (0000-0002-4802-7128, University of the Virgin Islands), Rose E Nevill (University of Virgina), José Cepeda (0000-0003-0304-3172, Johns Hopkins University), Javier Cepeda (The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Ian T Adams (0000-0001-5595-8070, University of South Carolina), Alina Whiteside (0000-0003-4741-6823, John Brown University), Erin L Thompson (0000-0002-0932-5894, John Brown University), Erin Thompson (0000-0001-6451-2679, Brown University Health)
Ano2026
Volume27
Fascículo1
Páginas110-130
Data de publicação2026-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolice Practice and Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1561-4263 • E-ISSN: 1477-271X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15614263.2025.2512806
PMID40979841
OpenAlexW4411040634
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas41

This study examined organizational and community-level barriers and facilitators that influence innovation in policing using an implementation science framework. A body of 31 survey items operationalized for implementation in police settings were mapped onto the constructs of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The resulting instrument was administered to 72 police leaders and researchers. Respondents agreed implementation bore heavily on an innovation's prospects for success independent of its effectiveness. There was agreement that innovations in policing were often more complex than the actions they replaced, not integrated into officers' performance evaluations, and were likely to be mistrusted if they originated from external sources. Officers were unlikely to understand an innovation's comparative value, and likely to seek their own preferred outcomes regardless. Responses illustrate how effective policing practices could nonetheless be deemed infeasible, providing insights into why many of the innovations that seek to improve policing are met with limited success

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