Mental Health
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The role of supportive leadership in mitigating risks of stressors on the mental health and well-being of personnel has been researched and discussed from various perspectives for years, and, recently...
Mental Health
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Members of Fairfield, Connecticut, Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) showed (and continue to show) a great deal of dedication, initiative, forward-thinking, and professionalism as t...
Mental Health
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Police departments face numerous challenges every day in their officers? interactions with persons with mental illness. These encounters are on the rise, so departments everywhere are trying to develo...
Research in Brief
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The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) recently completed a study exploring 43 attacks directed against U.S. federal government buildings, sites, and officials from 2001 to 2...
Mental Health
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Police officers are carefully recruited and well-trained to deal with threats and ensure their own safety and the safety of their communities. As a result, many people would likely assume that officer...
Officer Safety & Wellness
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At approximately 12:40 a.m. on July 20, 2012, members of the Aurora, Colorado, Police Department responded to the local Century 16 theater following the largest mass shooting in Colorado’s history. ...
Mental Health
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The town of Wakefield is a community located approximately 15 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts, with a population of approximately 25,000. Due to the community’s proximity to several major traff...
Community-Police Engagement
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Community policing has historically been centered on collaborations with neighborhood and business groups. More recently, law enforcement has seen the value of expanding those relationships to the man...