Stress affects all systems of the body including the musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, nervous, and reproductive systems.

When you breathe correctly, you pump cerebrospinal fluid into the brain to reduce stress and cure anxiety.

Law enforcement’s role in addressing the needs of persons suffering from mental illness has been controversial both inside the profession and among outside observers and critics.

As mental health problems within communities have increased over the past 40 years, inpatient services have decreased. Therefore, police departments have had to meet the growing needs of individuals suffering mental health emergencies.

In the United States, law enforcement officers are almost three times as likely to encounter suicides on the job than murders — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FBI, in 2019 there were 47,478 suicides compared with 16,425 murders.

How chiefs can safeguard officer mental health before and after mass casualty events.