30-year police veteran Major Pat Welsh, JD, reflects on how quickly trauma, violence, and disappointment can lead to officer burnout, and how staying resilient in mind, body, and spirit is essential to maintaining operational effectiveness.
The body armor and a duty belt may come off at the end of a shift, but the accumulated physical toll of the job is not so easy to shrug off. Learn more about what officers can do to save their backs and joints a lot of pain.