This study surveys police officers from three New England states to examine the perceptions officers hold toward the effectiveness of police-involved overdose outreach programs, the variables that serve as significant predictors for perceptions of program effectiveness, and the extent to which attribution theory can explain these perceptions. The majority of officers displayed positive perceptions of program effectiveness, and eight significant predictors were identified, including attribution theory which showed significance in explaining why police officers perceive these programs as effective. As an increasing number of police departments take a service-centered approach to working with individuals with substance use disorder, police-involved overdose outreach programs are becoming more commonplace. From the results of this study, practitioners are able to identify variables that predict officers’ views of program effectiveness. Equipped with this knowledge, increasing the support of these related concepts will help to subsequently increase the likelihood of officers viewing these programs as effective.

这项研究调查了来自新英格兰三个州的警官，以调查警官对与警察有关的过量服役计划有效性的看法，可作为对方案有效性看法的重要预测因素的变量以及归因理论可在多大程度上解释这些看法。知觉。大多数警官对方案的有效性表示积极的看法，并确定了八个重要的预测因素，包括归因理论，该理论在解释为什么警官认为这些方案有效的方面具有重要意义。随着越来越多的警察部门采取以服务为中心的方法来与患有药物滥用症的人一起工作，与警察有关的药物过量推广计划正变得越来越普遍。根据这项研究的结果，从业人员能够识别出可预测官员对计划有效性的看法的变量。掌握了这些知识之后，增加对这些相关概念的支持将有助于随后增加人员将这些程序视为有效的可能性。