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| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Sheinberg, Johnathan |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | The Institution, Leadership, and CultureThe Major Impediment to Better Health and Wellbeing in Policing • Grant Edwards, Commander, Australian Federal Police To raise awareness, provide support, and promote wellbeing, a far-reaching institutional and leadership change program is required in policing. Perhaps the biggest impact on gaining traction of any mental health program is the policing culture – a culture based on stoicism, that is the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint, separating yourself from feelings and emotions to get the job done. This culture breeds distrust, cynicism and skepticism – all honed as a survival mechanism, physically, emotionally and psychologically. This workshop will address the issue of police mental health cultural reform through holistic way from four angles: underdeveloped human capital, weak and confused vocational police capability, major leadership deficiencies, dysfunctional institution practices. How to develop, plan and engage on a program for law enforcement staff focusing on trust, commitment, overt actions and co |
| Starting Page | 7 |
| Ending Page | 8 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1177/15910199110170s105 |
| Volume Number | 17 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/OSW%20Speaker%20Presentation%20List.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1177/15910199110170s105 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
