臺灣警察人員的飲酒行為

The Drinking Behavior of Police in Taiwan

警察人員在一般民眾刻板印象中，屬較多飲酒機會之族群。飲酒雖有增進人際關係之作用，然飲酒過量不僅傷害個人健康，更可能影響工作品質，減低工作效能，尤有甚者，導致警譽受損。因此，本研究目的即在瞭解警察人員的飲酒行為，以及造成飲酒行為差異的影響因素。以基隆市、台中市、雲林縣、嘉義縣警察局所轄之警察人員為研究對象，依比率抽樣法，透過問卷調查進行資料收集，共發出1,313份問卷，回收有效樣本數達1,191份。描述性統計分析主要在描繪台灣警察人員的飲酒行為現象；而解釋性分析則針對可能影響飲酒行為的因素，包括城鄉、性別、年齡、教育程度、佩階、從警年資、婚姻關係、服務單位、工作屬性、宗教信仰等可能影響飲酒行為的因素，進行差異分析予以探討。研究結果發現，警察人員屬於工作情境中飲酒比率較高之族群。而共飲對象以同事最多，最經常在餐廳飲酒。飲酒過量情形雖不普遍，但似乎有藉飲酒逃避困擾之傾向。外勤警察人員在飲酒動機、飲酒過量、及飲酒問題等飲酒行為高於內勤警察人員。研究並發現警察人員飲酒動機，以與親朋好友同歡聯誼及私人應酬為最多。而個人或同事因飲酒所引起之飲酒問題主要為「不能控制飲酒的量而愈喝愈多」，但呈偏低情形。因此，正視如何改善警察飲酒風氣，戒治警察人員酒癮問題及如何扭轉這種習癖已久的酬酢文化，以提昇警察人員形象與工作效能，實為警政當局當務之急。

The present study explored the drinking behavior of policemen and its correlates. The method of equal ratio sample was adopted in the data collection. A total of 1191 valid questionnaires were returned. We found that the police were much more likely to drink at work. Their drinking companions were mostly likely colleagues, and mostly in the restaurants. Excessive drinking was not prevalent, but there seemed to be a trend escapism by taking alcohol. The field police officers had more severe problems regarding drinking motives, excessive drinking and alcoholism than their civil counterparts. The most frequently reported motive for drinking was to socialize with friends and families. The top worry, although in a quite low ratio, was “not able to properly control the quantity of alcohol drinking and seems to drink more and more”. We should make concerted efforts to rectify the drinking culture of police, to help those officers with alcohol problems, to improve the image of police and efficient law enforcement.