The Psychosocial Experience Of Retired Police Officers

This issue is critical to explore to ensure that officers receive the support they need to transition out of their career into retirement positively and manage some of the emotional turmoil that have been seen to result from retirement (e.g., denial, stress, anger, anxiety).

This issue is critical to explore to ensure that officers receive the support they need to transition out of their career into retirement positively and manage some of the emotional turmoil that have been seen to result from retirement (e.g., denial, stress, anger, anxiety).

Three research questions were designed to focus the inquiry: How do retired police officers perceive their own psychosocial experiences during their retirement? What factors positively impact the retirement of police officers? What factors negatively impact the retirement of police officers?