The COVID-19 pandemic upended major facets of global society, including policing. This study describes three types of changes that police agencies in counties worldwide made. First, how have various domains of policing changed and how much did they change? Second, were these changes regulated by the official policy? Third, what are the potential consequences of the changes made during the pandemic? Taking a mixed-methods approach, our quantitative survey data from 27 countries, buttressed by qualitative responses, enable us to examine changes in these three areas. Our results suggest there is a great deal of heterogeneity in the degree of change, the use of policy to make the changes, and the perceived effects of the changes. Some changes (i.e., the use of personal protective equipment) are relatively ubiquitous and common sense based on the pandemic. Other organizational changes show a great deal more variation, especially when considering the valence of the change. Finally, the police executives from these countries express a highly optimistic—and potentially overly rosy—view of the potential longer term consequences of the pandemic or the operational changes made because of it. Overall, the results paint a more complicated picture of the responses to the pandemic made by the police organizations included in our sample. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for future research, police practice, and the development of policy.

COVID-19大流行摧毁了包括警务在内的全球社会的主要方面。这项研究描述了全球各县警察机构进行的三种类型的更改。首先，治安的各个领域发生了怎样的变化，它们又发生了多大变化？第二，这些变化是否受到官方政策的管制？第三，在大流行期间进行的更改有哪些潜在后果？采用混合方法，我们来自27个国家的定量调查数据在定性响应的支持下，使我们能够检查这三个领域的变化。我们的结果表明，在变更程度，使用政策进行变更以及变更的可感知效果方面存在很大的异质性。一些变化（即，（基于个人防护装备的使用）是基于大流行的相对普遍存在的常识。其他组织变更显示出更多的差异，尤其是在考虑变更的效价时。最后，来自这些国家的警察高管对这种大流行病或由此引发的行动变化的潜在长期后果表示高度乐观，甚至可能过于乐观。总体而言，结果更全面地描绘了样本中包括的警察组织对大流行的反应。最后，我们讨论了这些发现对未来研究，警察实践和政策制定的影响。这些国家/地区的警察高管对这种大流行病或由此引发的运营变化的潜在长期后果表示高度乐观，甚至可能过于乐观。总体而言，结果更全面地描绘了样本中包括的警察组织对大流行的反应。最后，我们讨论了这些发现对未来研究，警察实践和政策制定的影响。这些国家/地区的警察高管对这种大流行病或由此引发的运营变化的潜在长期后果表示高度乐观，甚至可能过于乐观。总体而言，结果更全面地描绘了样本中包括的警察组织对大流行的反应。最后，我们讨论了这些发现对未来研究，警察实践和政策制定的影响。