The POWER Manual: A Step-by-Step Guide to Improving Police Officer Wellness, Ethics, and Resilience

This book offers practical strategies for police officers to use on- and off-duty to improve wellness, strengthen ethical commitments, and boost resilience.

This book demonstrates a research-based approach to dealing with the challenges you face daily in your law enforcement job. It provides personal and professional steps you can take on-duty and off-duty to optimize your health and maintain your performance. When you practice the skills outlined in this book, you will be better prepared to handle crisis situations before they happen, and more capable of coping with them afterwards.

Your power as a police officer does not come from your badge, gear, or tactical skills. It comes from your health as an individual and as a professional. In other words, your POWER: police officer wellness, ethics, and resilience. Being a police officer involves daily risks and stressors that can compromise your health, shorten your career, and make life harder on your loved ones. Even if you have a gym or access to counseling at work, you need a personal plan to maintain your overall wellness-physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual. The tips, stories, and exercises offered in this book can help you develop a plan and stick with it.