May 2019

Resilience as a Department Cultural Initiative

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

Thriving Intimacy in Law Enforcement Relationships: Obstacles and Resiliency

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, ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Emotional Armor: Preparing Officers for the Impacts of Sustained, Low-Level Stress

On December 19, 2018, Hillsborough County, Florida, Deputy Sheriff Terry Shawn called into dispatch and said that he had harmed his family. Deputy Shawn told the dispatcher that financial and health p...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Intentional Grit: Training Mental Resilience in Law Enforcement Officers

The role direct and vicarious trauma experienced in policing is distinct from most other professions because of the transdisciplinary responsibilities of the job. Police often arrive on the scene of p...

IACP

First Annual IACP Officer Safety and Wellness Symposium

On February 18–19, 2019, more than 300 law enforcement officers, academic professionals, police psychologists, police physicians, law enforcement fitness and wellness coordinators, and law enforceme...

Mental Health

“You Have to See the Psych”—Reducing the Stigma of Seeking Mental Health Treatment among Police Personnel

Generally speaking, police officers are reluctant help seekers; like many people who work in the helping professions, officers are used to being the helpers—not being in the position of looking to s...

President's Message

President’s Message: Moving the Conversation on Mental Health Forward

The health and safety of law enforcement officers has always been a priority of IACP and has been a significant issue that all of the past presidents of the IACP have devoted attention and resources t...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Leading Forward with Mindfulness Skills Training

One of the greatest challenges facing police and community leaders is determining how best to prepare police officers to meet the complex operational landscape of policing in the 21st century. Trauma...