Recent Rash of Police Brutality may be lack of Departments Addressing PTSD
We all should be very much aware now that post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD does not only affect combat veterans but all of us if we have experienced a terrifying incident. Yet this knowledge and recognition has not translated to the awareness of people in charge providing those workers/employees with the necessary personnel or information to properly deal with this fact. Much like military members who have served in peace time had to constantly deal with the possibility of being called to duty at any time while they wore that uniform, so is the case for every police officer and correction official who steps into that arena, trying to make a living and provide for his or her family. And as much as those veterans who are often overlooked as suffering from such, so are many departments overlooking those officers previously mentioned. Now don’t get it twisted, this is not an excuse for their actions because even if they are suffering from this disorder, that does ...