Tag: PTSD

This line of work takes a toll on you. There is no avoiding the punishment your body and mind will endure by the time you are eligible for retirement. It ...

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 ...

This article will assist us in understanding the signs and symptoms associated with someone contemplating suicide or exhibiting behaviors associated with self-harm, any of which may be detrimental to one’s ...

You can't facilitate the creation of time bombs and not actively take part in disarming them.

Rob Michaels is the Founder of Serve & Protect, an organization that facilitates trauma services for public safety personnel...when 911 needs 911.

A Richland County (SC) sheriff’s deputy killed himself using his service weapon in his cruiser while on duty Friday afternoon, Sheriff Leon Lott announced Monday.

It was nearly eight years ago, but Kirk Lawless, a former Florissant police officer, says he can still taste the smoke from his gun and smell the blood of the ...

The city of Memphis has severed ties with a counselor who worked with first responders, after disparaging comments about police officers on Facebook came to light.

Emma lost Steve long before he physically died, it’s one of the things she struggles with daily.