an item asked if the police officer considered themselves to have been exposed to a traumatic event: “Have you been confronted with a traumatic event during your professional activities? (Yes/No)”. If the response was positive, two additional questions were presented: “If yes, which one(s)...
The officer demonstrated a reluctance to become the weapon, to allow it to become more than a tool, by formally stating that which could have simply been implied, underscoring the fact that the weapon not only has a voice, but is rarely silent, and if an officer does not want it to spe...
Specifically, we only have information on an officer’s gender, ethnicity, birth year, date of hire, rank (e.g., Police Officer versus Police Senior Corporal), rate of pay, level of education, and employment status as of 2018. As we combined employee records from 2017 with call data ...