Police Stress

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Police Stress and How to Deal with It

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This intends to discuss the categories of police stress . It also aims to look into its effects on the police officer 's job , social life personal life . Finally , it will also mention how these stresses should be handled

Categories of Police Stress

The four categories of police stress are the following

First of all is technically referred to as external stress ' which occurs through the

emergence of actual threats and dangers (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

. 134 . This kind of stress is experienced by the police man when he is involved with tasks that are life-threatening , for instance : when going after an individual who is illegally carry a gun or chasing individuals through the use of vehicles (Dempsey et . al , 2005 br

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External stress ' has effects on the police officer 's job , social life personal life (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

. 135 . In terms of his job , he or she may become too suspicious that may eventually lead to reduced efficiency in terms of social life , he or she may turn out to be cynical to the point of getting emotionally detached and when it comes to personal life , he or she may engage in alcohol or substance abuse to cope up with stress which may lead to family problems like divorce or domestic violence (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

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Second is technically known as organizational stress ' which is brought about by the kind of service that a police man is obliged to carry out (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

. 134 . This includes the following going to work even during Christmas , New Year , and other special days or holidays being on-call twenty four hours a day , seven days a week as well as , being stringently regimented individual (Dempsey et . al , 2005 br

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Organizational stress ' has effects on the police officer 's job social life personal life (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

. 135 . In terms of the police officer 's job , he or she may frequently absent himself from work in terms of social life , he or she may become detached and in terms of personal life , he or she may become violent as a reaction to the strict discipline imposed on them (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

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Third is called personal stress ' which emerges because of interpersonal characteristics (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

. 134 . One of the most common characteristics aforementioned is the fact that there are some police officers who are experiencing excruciating difficulty dealing with others in the organization they belong to (Dempsey et . al 2005 ,

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Personal stress ' has effects on the police officer 's job , social life personal life (Dempsey et . al , 2005 ,

. 135 . In terms of the police officer 's job , his or her efficiency may decrease because of his or her inability to work well with a team in terms of social life , he...