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Peer support is an important component of mental wellness services, including suicide prevention, for police officers. Many agencies have established formal peer support teams in their organizations w...
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Just imagine your phone rings at 4:11 a.m. on a warm June night in 2010. As a chief of police, you are expecting it to be a phone call about a homicide or a traffic fatality, but when you answer, the ...
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As society continues to turn to law enforcement to help and properly respond to people who are living with mental illness, changes in training and policies will be required. However, these changes may...
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February 14, 2020, marked two years since 17 students and staff were killed and 17 more were injured at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This tragedy and others like it have ...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
