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  • Occupational Health
  • Injury Epidemiology

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  • Specialist police officers undertake high-risk duties in demanding environments, often carrying heavy loads.
  • These operational conditions elevate the risk of injury compared to general duties officers.
  • Existing literature lacks comprehensive data on the specific injury profiles of specialist police.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a scoping review to identify and synthesize evidence on injuries sustained by specialist police officers.
  • To compare the injury patterns of specialist police with general duties officers and military Special Forces populations.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic search of four academic databases was conducted.
  • Citation snowballing (forward and backward) was employed to identify additional relevant studies.
  • Eligible studies were screened, and key findings were summarized.

Main Results:

  • Only two studies met the inclusion criteria from an initial search of 3,266 records.
  • The most common injury sites were not consistently reported across the included studies.
  • One study reported a high injury incidence rate of 1,347 per 1,000 person-years.

Conclusions:

  • Musculoskeletal injuries are prevalent among specialist police officers.
  • Injury profiles may share similarities with general duties police and military Special Forces.
  • There is a significant gap in the evidence regarding the specific injury epidemiology of specialist police.