Cops Alive | Police Stress and Health - Career Survival

New book on Tactical Casualty Care entitled: “A Police Officers Guide and Handbook to Tactical Casualty Care (Under Fire) First Aid and Self First Aid for Law Enforcement”.

We have a problem in our profession. It has to do with excessive stress caused by the job of law enforcement and, in it’s extreme form, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. We all know that the stress from this job can be toxic and at times debilitating. What we don’t seem to believe is that it can happen to us, or someone we work with, because when it does, we don’t know what to do about it. We seem to have created a paradox, which is a contradiction or a situation that seems to defy logic or intuition.

a new list of 40 online forums that are appropriate for law enforcement professionals. The list includes forums especially for law enforcement officers, forums for military personnel, some geared toward lawyers and forums written for people looking for law enforcement jobs.

Today is National PTSD Awareness Day in the United States and should be a call to action for law enforcement to begin discussions about PTSD within our organizations, and begin the processes needed to manage and treat this disorder which plagues so many within our ranks.

we are looking for policies on “Law Enforcement Peer Support Programs”, “Law Enforcement Family Support Programs”, “Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Programs” and any policies that deal with the intervention and recovery process when dealing with an officer or employee who might be slipping and needs some help

One message for cops is that you can’t lose sight of the fact that you are the government and the Constitution was created to protect the people from you.

Excellent Webcast on “Survivor Guilt and It’s Effect on Coworkers” from Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)

ASU’s graduates will be well equipped and competitively positioned for careers in Law Enforcement, Corrections, Probation, Parole, Legal offices, Court personnel, Victim/Witness advocate agencies and Private Security.

officers are getting arrested every day all around the globe and maybe we as a profession need to start talking more seriously about how we can successfully navigate and survive this career called law enforcement.

During our interview we talked about things that could get you fired or ruin your law enforcement career. They included: Improper Vehicle Operations, Wrongful Use of Force Issues, Kicking in the Wrong Door, False Arrest or False Imprisonment Situations, Improper Jail Operations, The Creation or Violation of Special Relationships, Problems with Ethics & Integrity, Job Based Harassment.