Tag: mental health

This is how I want you to think of this chapter: Consider it your miniature handbook for the practical, day-to-day changes you can make in real life to keep your ...

While I am not a licensed psychiatrist, doctor, or clinical expert, I have spent twelve short years in law enforcement. During that time, I just about covered the spectrum when ...

After so long on the job, police officers tend to lose themselves to it. It is never something they intend to do and it sure doesn’t feel like something they ...

The understatement of the decade is that these are unprecedented times for all of us. We should all be looking for as much information as possible to help us manage ...

In our previous article, "Mental Health Matters," we talked about how important it is to help a first responder who reaches out. We didn’t really cover what you can do ...

Countless officers have shared stories of wanting or needing to seek help for life stressors, relationship and financial problems, the things they have seen on the job, and often for ...

As I write this article the number of completed suicides for law enforcement in 2019 is approaching 120 officers. Along with this number I also see stories and articles with ...

While at a recent class I met a friend from Operation Enduring Warrior, a great organization that assists wounded military and police. During a discussion on police profiles and PTSD ...

We've all had "that call.” You know what we mean. The call when someone is in the midst of a crisis and it's up to us to get it right. ...

The alleged shooter flew from Anchorage, Alaska, to Minneapolis before landing in Fort Lauderdale,