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...
IACP
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The IACP Officer Safety and Wellness Symposium convened on February 27–29, 2020, in Miami, Florida. The annual OSW Symposium more than doubled in attendance from the previous year, with more than 80...
Research in Brief
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For decades, conventional wisdom has held that police officers face a greater risk of being assaulted, injured, or killed when responding to domestic incidents....
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...
Leadership
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People define leadership in several different ways. The qualities considered necessary to be an effective leader could fill an entire page, depending on what book one reads or the style one subscribes...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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In the not so distant law enforcement future, a watch commander will receive a call from the dispatch center:...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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Law enforcement officers live in their community’s crises. Their existence while at work necessitates resolving the highs and lows of other people’s lives, then resuming what most would consider n...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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Those who work in law enforcement often experience difficulties that can impact or spill over into their intimate relationships. Relationship wellness is essential to the safety of officers; in fact, ...