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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 8, 2017

LEOs' Exposure to Stressful Situations Could Increase Heart Disease Risk, Study Says

A study of more than 300 members of the Buffalo Police Department suggests that highly stressful events may be associated with disturbances of the normal awakening cortisol pattern. That can leave the officers vulnerable to disease.

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Articlesby George RyanJanuary 4, 2017

Box Breathing

Box Breathing has been around for many years and has been utilized by professional athletes, fighters, elite military personnel, and law enforcement officers.

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Articlesby George RyanDecember 5, 2016

Officer Fitness: Just Take a Deep Breath

In time, and with practice, you can apply your breathing practice as a response to stress and to help with emotional regulation even when responding to high-priority radio calls and after critical incidents.

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Articlesby George RyanNovember 7, 2016

Sleep: A Legal PED for Law Enforcement

How much sleep are you getting? When you are in law enforcement, the answer is most likely "not enough." But the best performance-enhancing drug is getting enough sleep per night as consistently as possible.

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Articlesby George RyanSeptember 1, 2016

Officer Fitness: Peak Performance and Recovery Training

There are science-based methods that have been developed to help manage the physical and mental stresses placed on high-level athletes and these methodologies can be adapted to help manage the physical and mental stresses that are placed upon you by this profession.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleApril 1, 2009

Staph: The Hidden Training Hazard

Responsible for 18,650 deaths nationwide a year—150 percent as many deaths as caused by AIDS—the monster is microscopic, extremely aggressive, and damned difficult to kill. The monster is a microbe called Staphylococcus.

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