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Concerns of Police Survivors Tips for helping children cope with stress Peace Officers Research Association of California California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) Official California Legislative Information (search California law) National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial California Peace Officers' Memorial Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program You Know You’re a Police Officer’s Wife When…. First Edition 1978 by POWCA. Advice and comfort from others who've been there. This book of actual observations and experiences coupled with alternative modes of living assembled by actual participants provides a valuable learning experience. I Love a Cop by Ellen Kirschman. Separating fact from myth, Dr. Kirschman presents the first self-help book created specifically for today's police families. The book is uniquely designed to help cops and their loved ones cope with the stress of police life and work. CopShock: Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Allen R. Kates. This book was written for active and retired police officers, police recruits, and crime victims, as well as anyone suffering from trauma. As many as one in three cops may suffer from PTSD, a condition which can lead to depression, suicidal thoughts, addictions, and eating disorders. This book discusses how to prevent or manage the PTSD symptoms before they destroy a police officer's career and family life. FORCE UNDER PRESSURE – How Cops Live and Why They Die by Lawrence N. Blum, Ph.D. In this book, Dr. Plum, who has devoted his life’s work to the survival and wellness of “those who serve,” describes the sources of danger, injuries, and victory to police officer. In this book, these ingredients include techniques and tools to condition the officer’s decision-making and concentration during conditions of emergency; internal controls necessary to maintain the will to survive; and aids that will prevent officers being defeated by any threat. Distressing and/or disturbing physical and psychological reactions are common in a police officer’s workday and as Dr. Blum points our, officers must be prepared for them. Cops Don’t Cry: a book of help and hope for police families by Vali Stone. This book is especially written for all police spouses around the world, who truly deserve the recognition for being the strength and backbone of a very special family unit. Policing is a consuming profession with incredibly high elements of stress. Research suggests that police divorce rates are more than double the national average of ordinary marriages. The spouse's fear of physical danger, adjusting to shift work, transfers and changes in the officers' personality are only a few of the contributing factors, but the most crucial problem is the breakdown of communication within the relationship. From the beginning of the officers' careers they are trained to control their emotions, and thus are accused of being cold-hearted. Spouses agree that law enforcement officers grapple with the real-life horrors on the job and that the bitter belief that 'cops don't cry' is sadly untrue. The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker. Each hour, 75 women are raped in the United States, and every few seconds, a woman is beaten. Each day, 400 Americans suffer shooting injuries, and another 1,100 face criminals armed with guns. Author Gavin de Becker says victims of violent behavior usually feel a sense of fear before any threat or violence takes place. They may distrust the fear, or it may impel them to some action that saves their lives. A leading expert on predicting violent behavior, de Becker believes we can all learn to recognize these signals of the "universal code of violence," and use them as tools to help us survive. The book teaches how to identify the warning signals of a potential attacker and recommends strategies for dealing with the problem before it becomes life threatening. The case studies are gripping and suspenseful, and include tactics for dealing with similar situations. |
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