Police Officers in Trouble
PTSD, Stress, Anxiety and Depression within the law enforcement community
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Police officers encounter problems in the course of their employment. Unfortunately, there exists a large number of agencies that do not provide the proper and needed assistance. Some agencies do provide same, but unfortunately in many instances, the assistance is less than adequate at best. This page is presented as an assistance tool for officers and their families that encounter such problems as anxiety, depression, stress and post traumatic stress disorder.
Police dispatchers are by no means exempt from the same disorders as police officers. Dispatchers commonly are under an extreme amount of stress during the daily course of their duties. They are as much involved in any critical incident as the police officer but they are helpless when it comes to what transpires at an incident scene. This has a tendency to weigh heavily on them and after repeated exposure, can cause the same mental health issues. Something that is generally overlooked and not attended to until it's too late.
It goes without saying that police officers routinely deal with the worst that society has to offer and a criminal justice system that (although it is one of the best in the world) offers more protection to the offender than it does to the victims and the enforcement officers themselves. This can and does lead to problems such as are described in this web site, leaving the police officer with the feeling that they have little or no control over the criminal element.
Police officers in general are taught to be strong and to be able to handle any situation that might be thrust at them. If an officer shows signs of depression, stress or anxiety, he or she believes that others will think upon them as weak or ineffective in their duties. This is far from reality. Police officers are human and are just as susceptible, if not more so, to mental disorders as the rest of society.
You are not alone. To the left are some links to sites and information that provide insight into some of the problems encountered by police officers and some additional information that might prove helpful. Unfortunately, when a police officer begins to have or exhibit problems, their families suffer along with them. PLEASE take the time to investigate and research these illnesses if you suspect either yourself or a family member is exhibiting signs of illness.
This page is dedicated to the memory of those that lost a lonely battle with an illness that few are aware of and even fewer understand. Walk one mile in their shoes, multiply that by infinity and the depths of forever and you will just barely have an understanding of what they went through.
A nation is built on the spirit of it's people. The test of greatness of any nation, is how that nation pulls together in a time of crisis.
- Norman Bartold, Artisan Ent.
Do YOU still remember? Or have you forgotten? Click here for a reminder. I cried... Enough said!
You don't know who you really are until all hell breaks loose....
May the Lord keep and bless those that offered their own life so that others could be saved.
The Day The World Stood Still
While the world watched from coffee shops, offices, schools and living rooms, the brave men and women of the New York City safety services risked their lives saving thousands of people from certain death. We watched in horror as the buildings burned in New York and Washington knowing that people were still inside. The unthinkable had happened. The continental United States and it's citizens were bumped to the top of the list of international terror victims having suffered the worst attack on our country in it's entire history.
The nation watched in utter disbelief as the Twin Towers collapsed. In our hearts, we knew in that instant, thousands of lights had been extinguished. We would learn that hundreds of safety personnel had paid the ultimate price, sacrificing their lives in the service of their fellow man.
When the day of September 11th, 2001 is remembered, United Airlines flight 93 is often forgotten. If it were not for the passengers and crew of that flight and their refusal to submit to terror even in the face of death, many more innocent people surely would have died.
It has become painfully obvious that we do indeed live in a new world.
On September 11th, 2001, America showed the world how we define the word HERO.
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