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University of Toronto

Understanding and Managing the Stresses of Police Work

Policing has always been psychological challenging. On any given shift police officers may encounter a range of psychological challenges including domestic violence, interacting with people experiencing mental health issues, violent crime, even attending the aftermath of horrible accidents. The long exhausting shifts can also result in stressful person interactions within one’s personal life. The presence of COVID and political issues related to instances of over-policing have increased these stresses even more. This course has two goals. First, we want to inform officers how their stress system works and why they sometimes feel as they do. With this as a foundation we then describe some strategies officers can use to manage this system, giving themselves much needed breaks from the stress response and overall empowering them with a greater sense of control over how their bodies react to stress.

Status: Stress Management
Status: Empowerment
BeginnerCourse3 hours

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CC

5.0Reviewed Mar 31, 2021

civilian, but these practices can be applied by anyone. Simplifies the practices to make them useful.

MM

4.0Reviewed Nov 8, 2022

I LIKE THE COURSE AS A POLICE OFFICER AND AN INSTRUCTOR OF POLICE PEACEKEEPERS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME ESPECIALLY IN FACILITATING STRES MANAGEMENT

ED

5.0Reviewed Jan 4, 2021

Wonderful course in breaking down all the pressures and stresses Police go through on a day to day basis

I

5.0Reviewed Mar 9, 2021

I thank you for this course. It has helped me a lot in understanding police officers. I do Bible lectures with them and this is an additional understanding. God bless you, sir!

BD

5.0Reviewed Dec 26, 2020

Another great course by Steve Joordens, informative, and easy to follow. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in a future career as a police officer.

WB

5.0Reviewed Apr 22, 2022

​I've been in the militery, local, State and federal law enforcement Since i grauduated from high school totaling over 40 years of service to our country. I truly love the work best profesion ever!

CM

5.0Reviewed Jan 3, 2022

A​mazing content, even better prof. I will be keeping an eye out for more courses he teaches! I cannot praise how easy he is to listen to, or how knowledgable he is, enough.

YM

5.0Reviewed Oct 9, 2021

Steve is amazing. He talks calmly and clearly which made it easy for me to learn the course. Thank you Steve.

JG

5.0Reviewed Apr 18, 2022

A nice short course, highlighting the specific stressors of a police person, and methods to manage them.

CT

5.0Reviewed Feb 11, 2022

As a police officer, the said course is very important to me in how to undestand and manage stress in everyday of conducting policing to different situations.

JS

5.0Reviewed Nov 11, 2020

Excellent. Practical. A simple, straightforward approach to stress management for yourself and those around you; a highly beneficial practice for all, not just police officers.

SF

5.0Reviewed Jul 13, 2023

Although I am not a police officer, I enjoy supporting law enforcement's efforts. This course helped me understand how to do it better. Thank you!

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