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Officer Safety and Wellness Group Meeting Summary: Promoting Positive Coping Strategies in Law Enforcement

In July 2019, the OSW Group convened to discuss positive coping strategies for officers who might be particularly vulnerable to alcoholism and substance abuse. In contrast to previous meetings, whose topics included line-of-duty deaths, post-traumatic stress, and suicide, this meeting focused on more common day-to-day stressors that, while not acute or obvious, nevertheless can accumulate and take a mental, physical, and emotional toll on our nation’s law enforcement officers. The goal was to identify and understand the potentially negative coping strategies officers and deputies may tend to use and then to design and develop solutions that can supply them with tools to make more positive choices. In this as in so many other areas, the support of leadership is essential.

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Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)