 | Law enforcement professionals are subject to extreme stressors such as violence, suffering, and death. These experiences are made more challenging by the realities of policing—which requires long and nonstandard work hours—and are often compounded by routine organizational stressors such as internal bureaucracy and lack of resources. Police officers who experience high levels of stress and fatigue are less equipped to facilitate the strong connections with communities that are needed to establish trust and legitimacy. Law enforcement agencies often struggle to identify which stressors are impacting officers the most so they can prioritize their wellness efforts. With funding from the COPS Office, RTI International worked with the Green Bay (Wisconsin) and Redlands (California) Police Departments to develop the Customized Offerings for Mitigating and Preventing Agency-Specific Stress (COMPASS) Toolkit, a six-step process that defines staff needs and causes of stress, identifies actionable areas for improvements, guides program implementation, and assesses the effectiveness of the efforts.By Jennifer R. Rineer, Travis A. TaniguchiCategories: Data and AnalysisLanguage: EnglishPublic link
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