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Sgt. Jay Ball is making a return appearance on the show. We continue our conversation about mental health and first responders, particularly with police. We focus on PTSD, vicarious trauma, and the work of dispatchers and their important role. We discuss how shift work can be difficult, the perception of police, social media use for police departments, CIT versus co-response programs, as well as community policing. We also discuss mental health treatment for police.
If you want to reach Jay, you can email him at benevolentguardianconsulting@gmail.com
You can browse the social media of different police departments for your community by browsing Facebook and Twitter.
Here is some information on the different models we discussed:
CIT: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3769782/
Co-Response: https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/SJCResponding%20to%20Individuals.pdf
