The influence of demographic factors on the level of citizen awareness of police responsibilities in natural disasters

Cvetkovic, M Vladimir; Milojković, Boban

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“…The catastrophic floods that hit Serbia during May 2014 forced the police to change their usual way of work (Milojković et al , 2015). In addition to performing regular police tasks, a large number of police officers were engaged in repairing the damage, providing assistance to victims, rescue and search operations and as assessed by some authors (Bonkiewicz and Ruback, 2012) on one of the main police tasks during emergencies – the evacuation of citizens (Cvetković, 2016). The new task of the police during the pandemic was to ensure compliance with the application of measures: (1) restrictions and bans on movement, (2) ban on gatherings, (3) health surveillance and quarantine and (4) issuing movement permits when otherwise prohibited (Đorđević, 2020).…”

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Public perception of police behaviors in the disaster COVID-19 – The case of Serbia

Janković

Cvetković

2020

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PurposeThe aim of the study is to determine the perception of general public on the Serbian police behaviors in combating COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the perception of the citizens how successful the police units were in fulfilling their tasks.Design/methodology/approachDue to the state of emergency declared due to COVID-19 pandemic, in particular the restriction of movement and the need for social distance, the data collection for this study had to be conducted via the online survey platform (Google.doc). The study was conducted during March–April 2020, only four weeks after the state of emergency was declared. The participants were invited to complete the online questionnaire in their native language by using the snowball sampling strategy focused on recruiting the general public via social media tools.FindingsConsidering the fact that police officers are not sufficiently prepared and trained to respond in these specific circumstances, it is necessary to improve their engagement in the future by conducting appropriate training, procuring adequate resources, implementing adequate planning activities, etc. The results of the multivariate regressions of public perception preparedness subscale show that the most important predictor is gender and it explains 23.6% of the variance in preparedness subscale. The remaining variables did not have significant effects on preparedness. This model with all mentioned independent variables explains 6.1% of the variance of preparedness subscale.Originality/valueBearing in mind that there were no completed studies on public perception of police behaviors about the COVID-19 disaster in Serbia, the research has a considerable scientific and social importance.

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Public perception of police behaviors in the disaster COVID-19 – The case of Serbia

Janković

Cvetković

2020

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The influence of demographic factors on the level of citizen awareness of police responsibilities in natural disasters

Abstract: Утицај демографских фактора на ниво информисаности грађана о надлежностима полиције у природним катастрофама

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Public perception of police behaviors in the disaster COVID-19 – The case of Serbia

Public perception of police behaviors in the disaster COVID-19 – The case of Serbia

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