The Hardest Thing I've Ever Had to Do
Blue Canary: For Cops By a Cop
English - December 17, 2020 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBCourses Education Society & Culture Personal Journals police law enforcement society recruiting training history Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We spend a lot of time training officers on how to handle “things”–the concrete skills needed to do the job every day: physical tactics, firearms use, traffic stops, and domestic violence response.
What we don’t do well is prepare them for the mental and emotional impact a career in law enforcement brings.
In this episode, Steve Kellams is joined by Stephanie Samuels, a psychotherapist and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder expert focused on issues in law enforcement, and Shaun Tieman, a former cop turned CrossFit expert and advocate. They break down the mental challenges facing officers and how they’re combating mental illness and supporting those on the front lines.
Resources Discussed:
Copline: https://www.copline.org/Hoosier CrossFit: https://hoosierathleticclub.com/This Episode Brought to Law Enforcers By:
Agency360: https://agency360.com