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Health Concerns Related to Shiftwork among Police …

(3 days ago) Workers in other occupations who work nights or have rotating day, night, or evening shifts have reported several health concerns. Researchers assessed many of these same health concerns among police officers using BCOPS data. Here are some key findings from the BCOPS study: 1. Shiftwork may lead to poor … See more

https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2022/05/16/police-and-shiftwork/

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Health Disparities in Police Officers: Comparisons to the …

(3 days ago) WEBKeywords: law enforcement, cardiovascular disease, risk factors, health disparity, epidemiology In the United States, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality declined …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734372/

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Police Stress and Deleterious Outcomes: Efforts Towards …

(3 days ago) WEBChanging an Ingrained Culture. The federal government has taken steps to ensure the mental health crisis within law enforcement organizations is addressed via …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575544/

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Officer Safety and Wellness - International …

(2 days ago) WEBPillar 6. Oficer Wellness and Safety. The stress that accompanies being a law enforcement oficer cannot be understated. For this reason, the mental and physical health of oficers …

https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/IACP_PMP_SafetyandWellness.pdf

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Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community

(7 days ago) WEBThe Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms on Behavioral, Psychological, and Neurophysiological Measures of Decision Making in Police Officers, Behavioral, and Health-Related …

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/fighting-stress-law-enforcement-community

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Police stressors and health: a state-of-the-art review - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBThe purpose of this paper is to provide a state-of-the-art review on the topic of police stressors and associated health outcomes. Recent empirical research is reviewed in the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400077/

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Officer Safety And Wellness COPS OFFICE

(7 days ago) WEBThe occupational fatality rate for law enforcement is three to five times greater than the national average for the working population. and suicide are also serious job-related …

https://cops.usdoj.gov/officersafetyandwellness

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Safety and Health in Law Enforcement - Centers for …

(5 days ago) WEBThis fact sheet provides a synopsis of the Law Enforcement goals established by the NORA Public Safety Sector Council. To participate or to receive additional information …

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2011-134/pdfs/2011-134.pdf?id=10.26616/NIOSHPUB2011134

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Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness (LEMHWA) …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017 (LEMHWA) was signed into law in January 2018, recognizing that law enforcement agencies need and …

https://cops.usdoj.gov/lemhwaresources

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Aggressive Policing, Health, And Health Equity Health …

(Just Now) WEBResearch on the public health effects of aggressive policing is impeded by a number of factors. Efforts to identify how even seemingly innocuous encounters with …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20210412.997570/

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Officer Safety and Wellness Resources - United States Department …

(5 days ago) WEBWith the passage of the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act, Congress took an important step in improving the delivery of and access to mental …

https://www.justice.gov/asg/officer-safety-and-wellness-resources

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Health, Safety, and Wellness Program Case Studies in Law …

(9 days ago) WEBThis report begins the process of addressing these concerns through a series of four case studies of active health, wellness, or safety programs across four law enforcement …

https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter/ric/Publications/cops-p332-pub.pdf

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Serious Health Risks Among Police Officers Due To Stress

(8 days ago) WEBThe study involved 464 police officers and the findings revealed that compared with 32% of the general population, 40% of police offers were obese and that …

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247781

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Law Enforcement Officer Suicides: Risk Factors and Limitations

(9 days ago) WEBLaw enforcement officers are mostly comprised of working-age males, a high-risk group in the public for suicide, and thus, one could predict that data would be …

https://www.acep.org/talem/newsroom/january-2022/law-enforcement-officer-suicides--risk-factors-and-limitations-on-data-analysis/

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Promising Practices from Law Enforcement's COVID-19 Response

(5 days ago) WEBThis brief highlights the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic introduced, shows how law enforcement agencies adapted to those challenges, describes which …

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA108-1.html

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5 Reasons the Mental Health of Police Officers Needs to Be a Priority

(1 days ago) WEBWhen the productivity of a police officer drops—often caused by mental strain—the public at large is put at risk. 4. Most law enforcement officers do not seek care for mental health …

https://www.waldenu.edu/programs/criminal-justice/resource/five-reasons-the-mental-health-of-police-officers-needs-to-be-a-priority

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Violence, Stress, Scrutiny Weigh On Police Mental Health

(Just Now) WEBMental health screening. For law enforcement across the country, 2020 brought a set of compounding and shifting pressures. First, COVID-19 added the risk of …

https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/06/14/violence-stress-scrutiny-weigh-on-police-mental-health

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Health in police officers: Role of risk factor clusters and police

(3 days ago) WEBLaw enforcement is one of the most stressful occupations and has been associated with significantly elevated stress-related health risks (e.g., Dantzer, 1987).While some …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601933/

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Officer Safety National Institute of Justice

(7 days ago) WEBOfficer Safety. Law enforcement officers face many different dangerous and stressful situations in the line of duty. Some, such as gun violence, are obvious; others dangers …

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/law-enforcement/officer-safety

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Building mental health into emergency responses

(5 days ago) WEBWhen a call involving a mental health crisis come s in to the CAHOOTS non-emergency line, responders send a medic and a trained mental health crisis worker; if …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/07/emergency-responses

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The Effects of Stress on Law Enforcement Officers

(2 days ago) WEBeffects on health, adverse effects of personal relationships, and the administration” (Irving, 2017). Operational stress is faced daily by law enforcement officers as part of their job …

https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FCJEI/Programs/SLP/Documents/Full-Text/Towler,-Grace-paper.aspx

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Healthcare Compliance Enforcement Trends to Watch in 2024

(9 days ago) WEBThrough a series of recent enforcement actions, the FTC forewarned companies to monitor the flow of PHI to third parties that use tracking technologies, …

https://www.navex.com/en-us/blog/article/healthcare-compliance-enforcement-trends-to-watch-in-2024/

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DEA plans to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug, officials say

(9 days ago) WEBIt follows the Drug Enforcement Administration’s approval of a federal health agency recommendation that marijuana be reclassified. from some former federal law …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04/30/marijuana-restrictions-loosen/

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Serving warrants; even routine police duties carry risks

(7 days ago) WEBRAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - A tragedy struck in North Carolina as four law officers were killed and four others were wounded while serving a warrant. This …

https://www.blackhillsfox.com/2024/05/01/serving-warrants-even-routine-police-duties-carry-risks/

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More Money, More Problems - American Bar Association

(4 days ago) WEBOther enforcement actions demonstrate that investors may not need to take an active role in fraudulent conduct to face the risk of liability under anti-fraud laws. For …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/health_law/publications/health_lawyer_home/april-2024/more-money-more-problems/

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New rules to benefit workers The Star

(8 days ago) WEBCYBERJAYA: Employers must analyse risks in the workplace and appoint a health safety coordinator under a newly amended law that takes effect on June 1. The …

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/04/29/new-rules-to-benefit-workers

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The Immediate Impact of COVID-19 on Law Enforcement in the …

(3 days ago) WEBCOVID-19 Recommendations for Law Enforcement Responses. Given the person-to-person spread of COVID-19 through respiratory droplets, law enforcement …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7275851/

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Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing …

(4 days ago) WEBThe Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to approve an opinion by the Department of Health and Human Services that marijuana should be reclassified …

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-plans-reclassify-marijuana-easing-restrictions-na-rcna149424

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DEA Plans to Reclassify Marijuana as a Lower-Risk Drug

(6 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Although the change will not take effect for at least …

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/dea-reschedules-cannabis-as-less-dangerous-drug

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US DEA will reclassify marijuana, ease restrictions, AP sources say

(Just Now) WEBWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a …

https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8

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