Officer Safety & Wellness
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Police officers are routinely exposed to death. In many instances, officers’ experiences with decedents include witnessing the intense emotional suffering of relatives of the deceased. Additionally,...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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From chaos and misfortune to second guesses and the ultimate sacrifice—police work is in a constant state of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). VUCA is a term coined by the W...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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Law enforcement worldwide is experiencing massive transformation at an unprecedented pace. Social, economic, physical, and cyber systems; terrorism; and the blistering rate at which technology is adva...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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In the United States, suicide rates have been rising over the past several years. More officers die by suicide than in the line of duty. But, law enforcement leaders have the power to make change by a...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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During the last 11 years, the Edmonton Police Service (Alberta, Canada) has created, developed, and continually improved its Critical Incident Reintegration Program. The program has two streams: short...
Mental Health
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Every police officer in the Israel Police is trained to deal with both classic police work and the fight against terror. The potential for an encounter with a traumatic event is always there—fatal a...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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Becoming the top law enforcement executive in a local or state police agency is the ultimate goal of many up-and-coming police leaders. In accomplishing their career goals, chiefs spend many years lea...
Community-Police Engagement
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In July 2017, state and local leaders in Utah met to address a burgeoning crime problem in downtown Salt Lake City, near Utah’s largest homeless shelter. During a span of a few years, the Rio Grande...