This article considers the impact of police merger processes on officers and staff. The Railway Policing (Scotland) Act 2017 legislated that the Scottish functions and personnel of the British Transport Police (BTP) would be integrated into Scotland’s national police force. The journey towards this destination, however, has been protracted, problematic and now appears to be indefinitely postponed. Demonstrating the limits of the ‘police family’, our research provides important policy insights, demonstrating how a failure to account for distinct organizational cultures and occupational identities can damage the legitimacy of police mergers. Using data from a survey of BTP officers and staff in Scotland, we present our findings across three themes: belonging; break-up and becoming. We refract these findings through Bourdieusian theory.

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离开家？' 归属，分手并成为警察家庭

本文考虑了警察合并过程对官员和员工的影响。2017年《铁路警务（苏格兰）法》立法规定，英国运输警察局（BTP）的苏格兰职能和人员将纳入苏格兰国家警察部队。但是，前往这个目的地的旅程一直很漫长，有问题，现在似乎无限期地推迟了。为了说明“警察家庭”的局限性，我们的研究提供了重要的政策见解，说明了无法解释独特的组织文化和职业身份如何损害警察兼并的合法性。利用对苏格兰BTP官员和员工进行的调查数据，我们提出了三个主题的发现：归属感；分手并成为。我们通过布迪厄斯理论来折射这些发现。