Innovating Wellness: Police Personnel Perspectives on Strategies to Improve Access and Engagement

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Police personnel face numerous occupational hazards that can severely compromise their physical and mental health. Despite decades of scholarship on the subject, little is known about how best to deliver wellness knowledge interventions this workgroup. To address research void, semistructured interviews were conducted with ( n = 17) sworn 9) civilian police from a large metropolitan law enforcement agency in Mid-Atlantic United States. Participants offered insight regarding stigmatization associated help-seeking behaviors practices for treatment delivery, while also providing opinions eight innovative health strategies. Respondents voiced support apps, written toolkits, group games, therapeutic groups valued if led by credible messengers. Comic books, virtual reality, card games generated considerable curiosity, whereas video clips viewed negatively. Findings are used strategize effective ways delivering programs personnel.

Language: Английский

Bearing the Badge, Battling Inner Struggles: Understanding Suicidal Ideation in Law Enforcement

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 4, 2025

Language: Английский