Cops Alive | Police Stress and Health - Career Survival

Safe Call Now works with over 400 volunteers to help law enforcement officers, fire fighters and other emergency service workers navigate through any crisis that might challenge their lives and careers.

Author Rik D. Middleton wrote the book at the urging of a friend who is with the Glendale California S.W.A.T. team

at the C.O.P.S. Spouses’ Retreat Tiffany explained, “I am here because my husband, George, age 23, went to work with the Phoenix, Arizona, Police Department one night and never came back.

Join CopsAlive next Thursday July 30th for a live interview with Kelly Young widow of slain Denver Police Detective Donald “Donnie” Young (E.O.W. May 8, 2005). Detective Young was killed in the early morning hours on Mother’s Day 2005

What are you doing to keep your edge as a cop? Sure you went through the police academy, you probably have some sort of annual retraining and maybe you even get some occasional roll call training, but what are you doing to keep your professional edge?

He has combined his love for teaching children and his work in magic and has lectured on Child Safety and Crime Prevention in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the South Pacific. Additionally Chris loves to scuba dive and was recognized as a Platinum Pro 5000 diver

As editor of CopsAlive.com I just finished attending the 3-day “Traumas of Law Enforcement” seminar put on by the Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) organization and despite the depressing nature of what is happening to our profession I left with a sense of hope that there are so many dedicated people out there making things better for those who come after them.

Whether or not you are superstitious you can plan for success in life and your police career.

Chuck Rylant has had success as a police officer and now he is also successful as a financial planner and owner of C.J. Rylant Wealth Management.

As a working cop have you thought about when you are going to retire? Maybe you have a fixed police retirement date that’s not within your control or maybe you can plan your own date but haven’t even started to plan for it yet. Maybe you are like many other police officers in that you [...]