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Source
Beall, Pat. "Police Officers Can
Deal with PTSD-like Symptoms
after Shooting." West Palm
Beach News. Palm Beach Post,
16 June 2012. Web. 21 Sept.
2016.

Chocola, Colin. "Human

Reaction of Cop Forced to Kill
Man in the Line of Duty Is
Something Every American
Should See." Independent
Journal Review. Independent
Journal Review, 09 Jan. 2015.
Web. 21 Sept. 2016. (this is a
video)

Nicoletti, John. "Police Chief

Magazine." Police Chief
Magazine. Police Chief
Magazine, n.d. Web. 07 Oct.
2016.

Annotation
As a retired Sergeant of the
Miami-Dade Police Department,
Tony Monheim says he still has
the same bad dream, over and
over again. His dream: being on
a job, getting assaulted,
something going wrong with his
gun or he cant pull the trigger
or something going wrong with
the bullet- making it just fall out
of the end of the gun; many
other officers have the same
exact dream. It is true, that only
a tiny fraction of law
enforcement officers will ever
face an officer-involved
shooting. In all of 2011, Palm
Beach County only had three
people killed by law
enforcement. Officers encounter
similar experience/symptoms
that people with PTSD face.
Gun pulled; senses sharpen.
In Montana, Officer Grant
Morrison shot and killed 38year-old Richard Ramirez
during a traffic stop in April of
2014. Morrison kept telling
Ramirez to get his hands up.
Ramirez continued to reach in
his waistband. Morrison shot
him after not having his
compliance.
Video is shown of Morrison
having human being reactions to
killing Ramirez.
This article is written by John
Nicoletti, PhD, ABBP, Nicoletti
Associates. It first talks about
the theatre shooting in Colorado.
It was the states largest mass
shooting. It also addresses the
preshooting factors, such as
stress training and other types of
training as well.

Thoughts/Connections
PTSD-Like Symptoms
Dream [Rep.]
Stat

Human reaction- crying

No Compliance

Prior to the events that occur

What training is offered?

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Charoen, Patrick P., "Officer
involved shooting: The
emotional impact and the
effective coping strategies"
(1999).UNLV Theses/
Dissertations/Professional
Papers/Capstones. Web. 21
Sept. 2016
Fletcher, Jamey, Lieutenant,
Maiden Police Department,
Personal Interview, Interviewed
on Oct. 07, 2016

Copes, Heith. "Workplace

Strategies for Prevention of
PTSD." Policing and Stress.
Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
140-57. Print.

Williams, Brett, Sergeant,

Newton Police Department,
Personal Interview, Interviewed
on Oct. 12, 2016

Charoen wrote this paper to

submit for partial fulfillment of
the requirements for his degree
of Masters in Public
Administration. He was a
student with UNLV at the time
he wrote this. I am mainly using
his Chapter 4 to reference.
Lt. Jamey Fletcher has 25 years
experience in law enforcement.
He was a narc with Watauga
County Sheriffs Office for 15
years. Following this, he was an
Investigator with Catawba
County Sheriffs Office for 4
years. He is now a 6-year vetted
Lieutenant with the Maiden
Police Department. His story
during the interview happened
when he was in Watauga
County. He was the officer that
had to use lethal force, due to a
failed negotiation, on a suspect
that held himself hostage with
weapons. The suspect eventually
fired on officers.
Christen Stephens wrote this
chapter of the book, Policing
and Stress. Many officers face
PTSD like symptoms and she
addresses how to prevent the
major symptoms of PTSD with
different strategies within the
workplace. It is more or less just
keeping your mind from
focusing on what happened.
Srg. Brett Williams has many
years of experience in the law
enforcement field. He has
served with Newton for most of
them, followed by Alexander
County Sheriffs Office. He was
with Newton Police Department
when he had to perform CPR on
a 2 year old child. The child did
not make it. He said the main
thing that was running through
his head was his own children
and how the parents of the 2
year old might have felt.

Reactions right after the

shooting: denial and
gathering the facts
Days later: Physical
Anxiousness
Finding your support system:
Peers, Family
Just a reg. day at work.
Really only one hesitation
incident about 2 months
later
Felt it was for sure a justified
shot.

Prevention methods for PTSD

Workplace strategies

Police officers have feelings too.

They cannot help but bring
certain aspects of their personal
life, such as, family into their
job.
Certain things stick with you

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Cain, Nicole. "Coping with the
Stress of Police Work." In
Public Safety. N.p., 31 Aug.
2016. Web. 07 Nov. 2016.

Bond, Mark. "The Impact of

Stress and Fatigue on Law
Enforcement Officers and Ways
to Control It." In Public Safety.
N.p., 01 Dec. 2015. Web. 07
Nov. 2016.

Hansen, Fawne. "Police Stress:

Identifying & Managing
Symptoms of Stress | Adrenal
Fatigue Solution." Adrenal
Fatigue Solution. Perfect
Health, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2016.

Nicole Cain is a faculty member

in the Criminal Justice
Department at American
Military University. Police are
normally present in peoples life
when they are down in a
valley in their life or in a very
high place, more low than high
though. They step in strangers
lives for a very brief time period
compared to the persons full
lifespan, yet those actions made
by the police officer and the
individual, may change their life
forever.
Mark Bond is also a faculty
member in the Criminal Justice
Department at American
Military University. Police
officers, these days, see and
understand that stress is going to
be a huge part of their
occupation and working
conditions. If they did not see
this, it could go unmanaged, and
therefore lead to all kinds of
disorders including but not
limited to anxiety, depression,
and Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder [PTSD].
Fawne Hansen is an author and
specialized coach in chronic
stress and adrenal fatigue.
Adrenal Fatigue is when the
adrenal gland is not functioning
right. People who are under a lot
of stress tend to have problems
with this. They may be under
psychological, emotional , or
even physical stress. There is a
difference between stress and
trauma. Trauma actually causes
noticeable differences in diet,
exercise, etc. Stress usually will
cause you to think about the
subject often but no, noticeable
changes.

Police are present in peoples

lives when they are at the end,
or at least that is what it seems
like for people.

If officers of law enforcement

do not get help, if they need it,
managing their stress it could
become detrimental to their job
and furthermore their life.

There is a difference between

stress and trauma.
Stress- think about a bit.
Trauma- noticeable changes in
diet, exercise, etc.