Stigma surrounding police officers who report having emotional or psychiatric conditions is hard to overcome. In addition, police officers report that barriers to discussing their trauma or requesting treatment include being concerned about:
- Losing their job
- Having their license to carry a firearm taken away
- Reassignment within the department to a less “stressful” position
- Ridicule and humiliation- essentially being seen as “weak.”
In your discussion post, discuss the four obstacles that prevents police officers asking for help when experiencing symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and propose some solutions, policies or programming that could remove these barriers to treatment and ease concerns of police officers about seeking help.
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