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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Understanding and Managing the Stresses of Police Work by University of Toronto

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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

JS

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.

ES

Mar 27, 2021

Thank you for creating this course and sharing the data on stress relief. I will try to practice the relaxation to heal.

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By dawid p

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Mar 31, 2021

Great Course

By Salim A

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Apr 4, 2021

Good course

By Kevin J C L

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Jul 27, 2022

keep it up

By Tracy L G

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Jun 23, 2021

Excellent!

By ADAN Z

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Jan 30, 2025

Exellent

By Anas M

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Mar 4, 2025

Good

By S S

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May 3, 2021

nice

By Ho S T

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Mar 7, 2021

GOOD

By Susana T

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May 18, 2023

Interesting and useful course. I'm a little concerned though about when and how relaxation techniques would be practiced. Hopefully, all students understand that being alert while driving a vehicle is necessary, and relaxation techniques at the wheel would be practiced on a country road, away from densely populated areas, and away from where wildlife might jump into the roads. Thank you for the opportunity of studying in your online class.

By Leanne M

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May 5, 2024

A very simple and easy to understand course that's casual and comfortable. This is a *MUST* for all police officers who interact with the public and their colleagues. Understanding this information can help to diffuse a lot of the major issues that we see today between the public and the police.

By Diane W

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Jan 31, 2021

Quick and easily digestible. Although the Cruiser analogy gave me my own anxiety because it is possibly the most uncomfortable place for a cop to be, hip pain, back pain, so connecting that with mindfulness is a miss with me. Thanks Steve for another solid course.

By Mich M

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Nov 9, 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

By Deleted A

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Jul 26, 2022

Excellent course for practicing ,understanding,and managing the stresses.

By Richard N

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Jul 7, 2021

Very helpful

By Luigi C

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Apr 6, 2023

Needs more entertaining ways of teaching.

By RIZELLE I A

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Jan 3, 2022

Very Helpfull

By Bri-Anne W

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Mar 26, 2021

very short