There has been speculation by researchers regarding the potential fears, concerns, and difficulties experienced by children of police officers, such as fears about their parent being injured or killed while on duty, ridicule and bullying, or being personally assaulted. More disheartening are the increased potential stressors facing police officers’ children due to increased community hostility across the country over the last few years, particularly among the African American community, stemming from a series of police involved shootings of unarmed African American males. Yet, there remains scant research that has examined the lived experiences of police officers’ children. To address this gap in the policing literature, this study used semi-structured interviews of police officers children in a southern state using a phenomenological methodology to explore the lived experiences of being a child of a police officer. Findings and policy recommendations are discussed.

研究人员一直在猜测警察子女可能面临的恐惧，担忧和困难，例如担心其父母在值班时受伤或被杀，嘲笑和霸凌，或受到人身攻击。令人沮丧的是，由于过去几年来全国各地，特别是非裔美国人社区之间的敌对行动加剧，警察子女面临的潜在压力越来越大，这是由一系列警察枪杀手无寸铁的男性所致。然而，仍然缺乏研究来检验警官子女的生活经历。为了弥补治安文献中的这一空白，这项研究使用南部学州的警务人员儿童进行了半结构化访谈，采用现象学方法，探讨了成为警务人员儿童的生活经历。讨论结果和政策建议。