If you are a police officer, you need to read this book... it just might save your life. Law enforcement has unintentionally created an unhealthy culture. The men and women choosing a career in law enforcement have a higher risk of a serious health issues such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Police also have a higher rate or depression, addiction and divorce than other segments of society. Even more concerning, each year, law enforcement loses more officers to suicide than to all line-of-duty causes of death combined. This book explores the reasons for these concerning realities and offers solutions to bring about change; one officer at a time. Police work does not have to be the unhealthy profession it has become. To stop the unacceptable rates of disease and destruction from continuing, the concept of Officer Safety needs to be redefined. The new narrative needs to address both the physical and psychological threats that are the realities of our profession, and empower officers to take action to improve their quality of life. The information in this book will give officers the knowledge and tools they need to meet both the physical and psychological threats they will encounter when they choose a career in law enforcement. This will result in better mental and physical health. 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 presents research helping officers understand how this stress is contributing to the compromised wellness seen in the police profession and what can be done to ensure all officers have a safe and healthy career as an option. This book will help officers learn how to:-Adopt daily habits to build psychological resiliency-Understand the threat unmanaged stress is presenting the health and wellness of law enforcement-Prepare to meet the psychological threats of the police profession-Take action to protect their mental and physical health during the course of their career-Recommit to bringing their best-self to the profession- Establish a culture of wellness for themselves and for their agencies-Build healthy family relationships that will withstand the stress of a career in law enforcement-Protect their resiliency, health, and happiness at work and at home-Identify the signs of a mental injury and take action to expedite healing-Understand new psychological interventions that will help police work through PTS in a fast and effective way Chief Laura LV King is a generational police officer who has served the law enforcement profession for more than 20 years. She earned her doctorate in psychology and has practiced as a mental health professional with a focus on serving law enforcement professionals. She's a professional speaker and trainer on mental wellness and psychological resiliency for police organizations throughout the country. She holds several certifications in fitness, nutrition and weight management and continues to work one on one with clients as a certified life-coach. She is trained in EMDR and is on a self-proclaimed mission to heal the police profession. In addition to her personal experience in law enforcement, King has spent years researching mental wellness for law enforcement professionals. Her research has proven mental wellness is not "soft stuff"... for police it is a matter of life and death. This book is an offering on the most pertinent information she has discovered. It is designed to help law enforcement stay healthy and safe over the course of their careers. "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 well-adjusted."- Dr. Laura LV King

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