101 Health Tips For Police Officers

Book excerpt: A successor to "Mental Health Fight of the Heroes in Blue," this guide provides law enforcement officers across the spectrum with a guide to combating the stressors inevitably tied to this career. Your mental, physical, spiritual, and social well-being all work together to create all-around wellness. When one of these elements is suffering because of stress or negative influences, then your health, your outlook on life, and your ability to serve are all impaired. As law enforcement officers, we spend far more time than we should in the "fight or flight" state, and even though this is central to the experience, you can still prepare for and/or alleviate the effects of this prolonged alertness with the right strategies.