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Health - Physical and Mental Fitness

The Police Health - Physical and Mental Fitness topic provides cops with videos, training drills and expert advice to help ensure the officer’s head is straight and body is strong. Complete physical and psychological fitness - through regular trips to the gym, five-mile runs, and conversations with the police psychologist - is critical for an officer to perform the job to maximum potential.
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P1 First Person: Battling back: My path to sobriety PoliceOne Contributors - P1 First Person

P1 First Person: Battling back: My path to sobriety

By John O’Connor PoliceOne Member Perdition: A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; ... - Full Story

Columns

Blue on Blue: Reactions to a cop-on-cop shooting Dr. Laurence Miller - Practical Police Psychology

Blue on Blue: Reactions to a cop-on-cop shooting

In a few, fortunately quite rare cases, a good guy becomes the bad guy and these encounters turn deadly - Full Story

News

City denies Tenn. cop's PTSD claim

Policy does not recognize officer's psychological injury - Full Story

News

UK cops who fail fitness tests face pay cuts

Those who fail the test three times should be subject to disciplinary procedures and a pay cut - Full Story

Exclusives

Helping a cop through a critical incident

Helping a cop through a critical incident

We need to be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma, such as subtle changes in behavior such as isolating — withdrawing from typical socializing activities.. - Full Story

Exclusives

8 ways to help another cop after a shooting

8 ways to help another cop after a shooting

Often fellow officers unwittingly inflict secondary assaults because they don’t know how to appropriately relate to a colleague who has been involved in an OIS or other critical incident. - Full Story

Tips

Tip for 2012: Take care of you!

Wow! This has been one heck of a year — the officer down page is once again above 100. I’m... - Full Story

Tips

Making time to work out

Several years ago, PoliceOne had an article by Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith on staying in shape. Her article... - Full Story

Videos

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Health - Physical and Mental Fitness Columnists

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