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Lulu KC

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9. Trauma is part of this for everyone

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2020, 08:25 AM

Jul 2020

They are part of the cycle of trauma in police culture, whether they themselves have engaged in violence or not. One person in the cycle getting help helps everyone. Even acknowledging this flies in the face of the macho mystique in policing (and in serving in the military, even in journalists). Smart police departments get training in trauma--for themselves and to stop inflicting it on others. If there were pre-policing events that led to overreaction and violence, those will come out in treatment.

BUT there's a difference between getting treatment and getting disability benefits. That does sound cynical. I'm going to watch this.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244018794794

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