Multiple levels of risks threat police officers and others’ safeties. From monitoring social events to responding to criminal actions, officers’ abilities to cope to stress are in challenged constantly. Stressful events continuously impact officers’ physical and emotional well-being in detriment of acquiring healthy behaviors or of caring for their physical or mental hygiene. When police activities are neglected or receive negative social perceptions as it occurs in Mexico, it results imperative to explore strategies to overcome the development of illness intrinsically associated to the execution of work activities. This study contributes to the police well-being literature by assessing the appropriateness of using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) in Mexico. Working on data collected from police officers from northern Mexico, psychometric and statistical analysis were conducted to evaluate (1) the appropriateness of using the MBI on these professionals and (2) levels of burnout and their associations to gender and age. Results support considering the MBI as a valid and reliable tool to evaluate burnout symptoms in Mexican officers. Gender and age did not associate significantly to burnout symptomatology. The use of the MBI is recommended to research and explore burnout symptomatology in Mexican officers as strategy to promote mental health programs.

多重风险威胁着警察和其他人的安全。从监视社会事件到响应犯罪行为，官员应对压力的能力一直受到挑战。压力大的事件持续影响着官员的身心健康，不利于他们获得健康的行为或照顾他们的身心健康。在墨西哥发生的警务活动被忽视或受到负面社会认知时，必须寻求策略来克服与开展工作活动有关的疾病。这项研究通过评估在墨西哥使用Maslach倦怠量表（MBI）的适当性，为警察的健康文献做出了贡献。处理从墨西哥北部警察那里收集的数据，进行了心理测量和统计分析，以评估（1）在这些专业人员上使用MBI的适当性，以及（2）倦怠程度及其与性别和年龄的关系。结果支持将MBI视为评估墨西哥军官倦怠症状的有效且可靠的工具。性别和年龄与倦怠症状没有显着相关。建议使用MBI来研究和探索墨西哥军官的倦怠症状，以此作为促进心理健康计划的策略。性别和年龄与倦怠症状没有显着相关。建议使用MBI来研究和探索墨西哥军官的倦怠症状，以此作为促进心理健康计划的策略。性别和年龄与倦怠症状没有显着相关。建议使用MBI来研究和探索墨西哥军官的倦怠症状，以此作为促进心理健康计划的策略。