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  Peer To Peer Program, California National Guard

  The goal of peer support is to provide all California National Guard members with the opportunity to receive emotional and tangible peer support through times of personal or professional crises and to help anticipate and address potential diffi...

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  Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a New Orleans workforce following Hurricane Katrina

  DeSalvo KB, Hyre AD, Ompad DC, Menke A, Tynes LL, Muntner P., March 2007 Source Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. kdesalv@tulane.edu Abstra...

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  Battling back: My path to sobriety

  By John O’Connor, PoliceOne Member, PoliceOne.com.  May 3, 2012 Perdition: A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation. I knelt there on the pavement my wings clipped, sword shattered, clutching at my badge, which was the ...

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    afohara For a list of law enforcement AA groups, just search "aa for cops" or go to <a href="http://www.policesuicideprevention.com/id24.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.policesuicideprevention.com/id24...  moreFor a list of law enforcement AA groups, just search "aa for cops" or go to <a href="http://www.policesuicideprevention.com/id24.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.policesuicideprevention.com/id24.html</a> If you know of more groups, let us know!  

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  Tactical Breather Phone App

  The Tactical Breather application can be used to gain control over physiological and psychological responses to stress. Through repetitive practice and training, anyone can learn to gain control of your heart rate, emotions, concentration, and other ph...

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    ejones546 Sorry! While trying to post this to my officers, I re-posted it here. My bad!

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    PeerSupportCentral No problem Elaine. Glad you are sharing it with your officers. Jim

    • May 6
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  SCARS OF OFFICER SUICIDE RUN DEEP

  Like briefly tugging one errant thread on a sweater, the after effects of police officer suicide often aren’t seen until many years after the event By Thane Gallagher, PoliceOne.com, Oct. 28, 2011 The one aspect of being in law enforcement that...

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  An exploration of post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency nurses following Hurricane Katrina

  Southeastern Louisiana University, Slidell, La, USA. edbnurse@aol.com, J Emerg Nurs. 2007 Aug;33(4):314-8. Epub 2007 Jun 4 INTRODUCTION: As a result of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, ED nurses were faced with chaos during and after the st...

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  Law Enforcement Resiliency and Peer Support

  The Law Enforcement Resiliency and Peer Support Training Course is a practical course of instruction designed to prepare law enforcement peer counselors with the ability to conduct individual psychological debriefings, provide peer counseling, make approp...

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  Law Enforcement Resiliency and Peer Support

  The Law Enforcement Resiliency and Peer Support Training Course is a unique course that provides the newly assigned peer counselor with an understanding of police stress, physiological aspects of stress, an overview of mental health issues, factors in pol...

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  aokeefe created a new event:

  Law Enforcement Resiliency and Peer Support

  The Law Enforcement Resiliency and Peer Support Training Course is a practical course of instruction designed to provide law enforcement peer counselors with the ability to conduct individual psychological debriefings, provide peer counseling, make appr...

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  APD01 I think this is a pretty big deal that really receives very little attention.

  

  When a cop retires: Tips from those who’ve been there, done that

  By Ed Flosi, PoliceOne.com, November 4, 2011  Well, it finally came. The date to go to retirement services and apply for my retirement came on October 12, 2011. As of December 29, 2011 I will be officially enrolled in the ranks of the retired. Al...

  • November 15, 2011
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  APD01 Enjoyed a successful week of peer support training during the week of October 24th-28th.  This was the Austin Police Depts. first in-house training class.  We modeled what we considered general best practices, and added specifics regarding our department ...  moreEnjoyed a successful week of peer support training during the week of October 24th-28th.  This was the Austin Police Depts. first in-house training class.  We modeled what we considered general best practices, and added specifics regarding our department and area agencies...basically tailoring programs to fit.  It was a long eight months of preparation for the class, but a fast week of instruction.    All of the critiques were fantastic, and although it ran relatively smooth, there is always room for improvement! All in all, I was very pleased.    Our next challenge is taking a good class and making it better.  less

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