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• PTSD quiz: Find out if your symptoms qualify

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  This exclusive PTSD screening quiz can help determine if your symptoms are consistent with those of the diagnosis

• Leadership strategies to reduce officer stress

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  What can leaders, managers and supervisors within a law enforcement agency do to mitigate work-related stress experienced by officers?

• Suicide prevention resources for first responders

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  From police officers to firefighters, studies show that suicide continues to outpace other causes of death for first responders

• Mass. first responder crisis intervention bill signed into law

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  The new law requires mental health services to be available for all first responders to help them cope with psychological trauma

• Feeling stressed out? Here’s some advice from therapists who’ve taught officers how to cope

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  With officer suicide rates on the rise, it’s time for us to pay closer attention to the dangers of stress

• Study reveals roadblocks to mental health counseling in first responders

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  First responders believe mental health is as important as physical health, but feel that there are repercussions for seeking help

• Officials fund mental health program for Pulse massacre first responders

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  The program is intended to teach first responders how to care for themselves after crisis events and recognize peers who may have PTSD

• 5 things that should be on every police leader’s to-do list in 2019

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  From spending time with patrol to prioritizing officers’ mental health, here’s what police leaders should do in the New Year

• 19 on 2019: Expert predictions on the top police issues in 2019

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  What challenges will law enforcement face in 2019?

• Idaho lawmaker considers using Neb. police mental health crisis program

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  Neb. officers have since called the TASC more than 1,800 times — whenever they needed a professional to help them handle a mental health emergency.

• Baltimore SRO fatally shoots self in school office

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  Officer Joseph Comegna had worked at the school for four years, and had been an SRO for 12 years

• Ill. Suicide Prevention Act allows cops in need to connect with other officers

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  Designated officers could become trained peer counselors who colleagues can approach with the knowledge that certain elements of what they discuss will remain confidential

• Idaho lawmakers seek to provide mental health coverage for first responders

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  Officials drafted legislation to include psychological injury as a condition that must be covered by Idaho’s Workers’ Compensation law for first responders

• Baltimore County proposes 24-hour mobile crisis team to respond to mental health emergencies

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  The mobile crisis teams, which are staffed by police officers and mental health professionals from the Affiliated Sante Group, currently operate only from 9:30 a.m. until 1 a.m.

• Chicago PD works to address alarming suicide rate among officers

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  Chicago PD expands mental health outreach after losing three officers to suicide over summer

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