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West Chester University

2021

Mental health

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Mental Health Issues Development In Law Enforcement Officers And Its Impact On Law Enforcement Agencies: The Need For Policies Focused On Law Enforcement Officers Mental Stability, Joseph A Sorgini Jan 2021

Mental Health Issues Development In Law Enforcement Officers And Its Impact On Law Enforcement Agencies: The Need For Policies Focused On Law Enforcement Officers Mental Stability, Joseph A Sorgini

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

This study examines the existing literature on PTSD and PTSD symptomology that law enforcement officers experience, and the post-exposure intervention protocols that aid in mental stability of impacted law enforcement officers. The study uses a survey of 155 active-duty law enforcement officers from Montgomery County Pennsylvania. The central question that grounded this research is: are mental health stressors impacting the ability of law enforcement officers to complete their duties despite the existence of post-exposure intervention protocols? There are six tested hypotheses that are tested via logistic regression to determine whether a statistically significant relationship exists between demographic characteristics of law …