What can agencies do? We often find ourselves doing nothing because we do not know where to start. When I am asked what agencies should be doing, I often start with first they need to recognize better from worse. It is truly that simple for many of the decisions we...
What’s your breaking point? Your spouses? Could you predict it? If trauma after trauma was piled upon you for years, would you believe it would be something as innocuous as a shoplifter being released again? That’s what broke Brian. Brian served his country...
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Safety Officer 4 Support Act of 2020’’ Last week, the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act was signed into law by President Trump, this was an historic bill not only supported by Blue H.E.L.P. but a result of their efforts...
This is the story of a good man, a good wife, a good department, and a bad disease. Of the 100 confirmed law enforcement officer suicides in 2016, this is the story of number 41. It is not just a number but a man, a husband, a father, and a police officer. When...
Guest post by John Avery Within the Public Safety Community there has been an increase in awareness of what individual officers and employees encounter and how they deal with traumatic incidents and cumulative stress. How an employee deals with these incidents and...
By Olivia Mead Several people sat in a room waiting to participate in a very stressful and career-defining job interview. The interviewers would purposefully be giving negative feedback, which the interviewees were expected to act on immediately. While they waited,...
