We explore how a widely publicized crisis in another jurisdiction, a distal crisis, affects police agencies that were far removed from the crisis. Using data from a two-wave, panel-design survey of 411 police chiefs in Texas, we investigate how the events occurring in Ferguson, Missouri during 2014 changed chiefs’ perceptions of their institutional environmental sectors. Although distant from Ferguson, in the immediate aftermath chiefs rated two (local and national media) of eight (federal, state, and local law enforcement organizations as well as elected officials, police employee associations, local emergency medical organizations, and local advocacy groups) institutional sectors (including local and national media) as less impactful or legitimate.

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弗格森作为远端危机：对警察制度环境变化的主要评估

我们探讨了另一个司法管辖区广泛宣传的危机，即远端危机，如何影响远离危机的警察机构。使用来自德克萨斯州 411 名警察局长的两波小组设计调查的数据，我们调查了 2014 年密苏里州弗格森发生的事件如何改变了局长对其机构环境部门的看法。尽管与弗格森相距甚远，但随后酋长们对八分之二（地方和国家媒体）（联邦、州和地方执法组织以及民选官员、警察雇员协会、地方紧急医疗组织和地方宣传团体）进行了评级机构部门（包括地方和国家媒体）的影响力或合法性较低。