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Life as a Police Chaplain, Suicide Prevention, Reading and Podcasting
Chatty Geek, Hidden Dragon - Mental Health for Nerds!
English - December 12, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Leisure Video Games mental health talk show geek nerd culture comedy social health social hobbies talent sharing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
with Jared Altic
Jared's day job is for the Church where he works as a preacher. He also serves voluntarily on call as a Police Chaplain, whereby he has a pager and is required to attend as a first responder when there has been a death on the scene. He describes his role as a "Mental Health Paramedic", and his primary concern is to care for the mental health of victims, family of victims, witnesses and also his own Police officers and colleagues following a traumatic event.
Jared talks about his experiences as a Police Chaplain. He describes it as a shock to the system, having to meet people who are probably having the worst day of their lives, and see that over and over again. The job of a Chaplain is to provide support and information for the family of victims, and to explain the process. Police officer are unable to do this all the time because many times at a crime scene they need to be checking for danger.