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May 2020

Mental Wellness & Resiliency

Guest Editors: Juliana Davis and Michelle Benjamin

It is widely acknowledged that law enforcement is a high-risk profession. However, the risks to officers extend beyond physical danger to include potential mental, emotional, and psychological challenges. Proactive approaches by police leaders, informed by research and evidence, can help mitigate these risks to officer wellness, while also increasing their officers’ effectiveness and productivity.  

Accompanying Special Edition: Law Enforcement and COVID-19.

Articles

  • Key Strategies to Prevent Suicide Among Law Enforcement

    By Jennifer Myers, MA, Education Development Center
    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...

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  • The Israel Police’s Innovative Trauma Intervention Framework

    By Hadas Sharvit-Benbaji, Superintendent, Head of the Mental Health Team, Israel Police Training Department, and Avshalom Peled, Major General, Head of the Israel Police Training Department
    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...

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  • Canines Helping Cops and the Community

    By Steven A. Smith Jr., Public Information Officer, Albany New York Police Department
    Calls flooded the Albany Police Department’s Communication Division in New York’s capital city; both the police and fire radios were filled with chatter. Dispatchers, or telecommunications special...

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  • Healthy, Confident, and Competent

    By Colleen Mooney, Sergeant, Edmonton Police Service, Alberta; Glen Klose, Sergeant, Edmonton Police Service; Ray Savage, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and Dean Grunow, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    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...

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