Tag: Mental Health Wellness

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10 Tips for Better Managing Officer Stress
"If you can manage your own internal stress level and overall mental health experience, then you're more likely to be able to stick in this career long term because you're just going to have enough bandwidth to keep going,” Dr. Jennifer Prohaska explains.
January 9, 2023
Jennifer Prohaska, Ph.D, shares 10 tips to help officers manage stress.
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My Downward Spiral and Recovery
After I shot someone on duty, alcohol, drugs, and other self-destructive behaviors nearly killed me…then I sought help.
January 6, 2023
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Examining PERF's "40 Guiding Principles" to "Retool" Police Recruit Training
If police trainers can examine—with an objective and critical eye—some of the suggestions made in the new Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) report on recruit training, a great deal of good can potentially come of it for officers, agencies, and the communities they serve.
November 18, 2022
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NLEOMF Seeks 2023 National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards Nominees
The goal is two-fold: not only to recognize the most effective programs, but to share that information with others so that they may look at the potential benefits to their respective agency and drive the number of line-of-duty law enforcement deaths down to zero.
November 15, 2022
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2022 Innovative LE Leaders: Illinois Chief Supplies Officers with Stress Relief
Niles, IL, Police Chief Luis Tigera has hired a social worker to help his officers handle the emotional challenges of law enforcement duty.
September 21, 2022
Niles, IL, Police Chief Luis Tigera marches in a local parade with his grandson and eats tacos with his troops. Tigera’s career began in Niles in 1980 when he signed on as a community service officer. It took him to the Illinois State Police and then back to Niles to lead the force. (Photo: Niles PD)
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Children of First Responders Receive Free Counseling
“We have counselors that have been trained in the unique needs of first responders’ children. I think they have this specific kind of life, and they deal with a certain kind of stress. And so that's what we're here to address in that particular program,” Crane explains.
August 26, 2022
First Responder Children's Foundation CEO Jillian Crane is spreading the word about the new free counseling for children of first responders.
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Hundreds of Agencies Train in ABLE Policing in Order to "Police Their Own"
The ABLE Project is the result of a partnership between the Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS, formerly the Innovative Policing Program) at the Georgetown University Law Center and the global law firm Sheppard Mullin LLP.
August 26, 2022
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Missouri Agency's "Tactical Longevity Training" Reflects Emphasis on Wellness
It has become abundantly clear that agencies must now become more proactive about providing the tools for officers to recognize, respond to, and recover from the harmful impact of their exposure to traumatic events.
August 19, 2022
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Tactical Longevity: Taking Proactive Approach to Officer Mental Wellness
“A resilient officer is someone who can bounce back from a really difficult experience, someone who can both not only mentally but also physically bounce back. We've spent energy and effort on physical resiliency, but we really do need to spend effort on emotional and mental resiliency,” Prohaska says.
August 4, 2022
Officer Blake Ross, a field training officer for the Kansas City Police Department, coaches Officer Michael Words, left, on some of the techniques of the Tactical Longevity program.
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AL Department Uses Grants and Collaboration to Train Officers for Mental Health Calls
“We have to improve the perception of how people see law enforcement as well. I think this is one of the things that helps us do that when we are approaching things differently in the correct way, like this, as opposed to responding or reacting to these calls in a way that is counterproductive to the individual and the family.”
June 16, 2022
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Compassion vs. Empathy in Police Training
Empathy in law enforcement is now a thing. But the word "empathy" is sometimes used in the law enforcement context somewhat incorrectly—or at least incompletely—and can have negative consequences for officers.
June 13, 2022
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Peer Counseling Available Statewide for Georgia First Responders
“This is a testament to the State of Georgia for their commitment to the mental wellness of our first responders and I think that this is unique across the country with everything that you see about the police and defunding the police. Here in Georgia, we are actually investing in the wellbeing of our officers,” says Wes Horne, director..
April 29, 2022
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