Book Description

If you are a police officer, you need to read this book... it just might save your life. Each year, law enforcement loses more officers to suicide than to all line-of-duty causes of death combined. To stop this from happening, the concept of Officer Safety needs to be redefined to address both the physical and psychological threats that are the realities of our profession. This book will help prepare officers to meet both the physical and psychological challenges they will encounter when they choose a career in law enforcement.Over time, the stress, negativity and traumatic events an officer sees repeatedly during the course of a law enforcement career can compromise the officer's psychological resiliency. Unaddressed, this can create problems in both the officer's personal and professional life. This book will help officers learn how to:- remain psychologically strong- meet the psychological threats of the profession-avoid other rampant issues within the profession, such as alcoholism, divorce, and poor health conditions-protect their resiliency, health, and happiness at work and at home. Chief Laura LV King has been a police officer for 26 years. She's a professional speaker and trainer on mental wellness and psychological resiliency for police organizations throughout the country. In addition to her personal experience in law enforcement, King has spent years researching mental wellness specifically for law enforcement professionals. Mental wellness is not "soft stuff," it is a matter of life and death."This is information every officer must know to survive their career. It is no longer enough that we go home at the end of our shift. We deserve to go home healthy, happy, and a well-adjusted human being."- Dr. Laura LV King