This paper focuses on national, gender, age, education, social class, rank, and in the United States, racial minority status differences in how police cope with workplace problems. It also considers whether the nature of workplace problems, a collectivist orientation, and availability of social support explain subgroup differences. Survey data were collected from 676 South Korean and 947 U.S. officers. Coping that relies on social relationships is much more common in South Korea than the United States, but there are not similar differences for defensive coping, like taking formal action. Police officers use social coping if their workplace problems are of an interpersonal nature, if they have a collectivist orientation, and if they have strong social support; but these variables do not explain the country differences. The strongest predictor of defensive coping is interpersonal workplace problems. Discussion focuses on cultural and organizational features that might explain the national differences, and on implications for police administrators, law enforcement organizations and future research. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]