Within the field of occupational stress literature, researchers have tried to determine which two stressors play a larger role within the police, the stress caused by the organization or the operational stressors, related to the assignments the police are faced with every day while on the job.
Rannsóknir á streitu í starfi lögreglu hafa reynt að skera úr um hvort streita tengd verkefnum eða stjórnsýslu hafi meiri streituvaldandi áhrif en niðurstöður eru ekki samhljóma hvað það varðar.