Cops Alive | Police Stress and Health – Career Survival

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Fallen Blue provides support, both emotional and financial, for the families of police officers who are killed outside the line of duty.

Congratulations to “Code 9 Officer Needs Assistance” is a new film being produced to help law enforcement officers survive the rigors of their very stressful careers. This powerful documentary explores the darker side of law enforcement as it documents the stories of police officers and their families who are now suffering the mental anguish of the careers they chose, which has led some to suicide.

There are few Peer Support Programs in existence within law enforcement community. Most of the current peer support programs are not based on empirical data and there is no set standard for peer support in the law enforcement community. Some Peer Support Programs do not have a complete infrastructure, which includes mental health professionals properly trained to assist law enforcement officers.

Hunting for Heroes provides resources, such as recreational therapy and counseling, to disabled law enforcement officers who were injured in the line of duty.

many tragedies over the years of public safety personnel being struck by vehicles while assisting at crashes, directing traffic or staffing a road detour.
Some of these are planned operations and there is time to prepare and deploy the necessary safety equipment.

“Code 9 Officer Needs Assistance” is a new film being produced to help law enforcement officers survive the rigors of their very stressful careers. This powerful documentary explores the darker side of law enforcement as it documents the stories of police officers and their families who are now suffering the mental anguish of the careers they chose, which has led some to suicide.

This week, the National Institute of Justice released findings from two new studies that have implications for improving police officer wellness and work life.

Make a two-fold “True Blue” commitment in 2012. One is to work diligently to reduce the number of officers killed in the line of duty, and secondly, to work to save the many officers that are suffering emotionally and faltering professionally. Here is an excellent resource: The Safe Call Now hotline for first responders. Let’s also Protect and Serve our own this year!

For those of you who are in law enforcement and are having a difficult holiday season, please know that there are a lot of people around the world that need you, If things become too difficult please remember that you call always telephone “Safe Call Now” at 206-459-3020 where you can talk to someone who understands the stressful demands of your work.