Blum, Lawrence. Force under Pressure: How Cops Live and Why They Die. Lantern Books, 2000.
DeCarvalho, Lorie, and Julia Whealin. Healing Stress in Military Families — Eight Steps to Wellness. Wiley, 2012.
Gilmartin, Kevin M. Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement: A Guide for Officers and Their Families. E-S Press, 2002. You may contact the author at email ghakev@aol.com. Gilmartin travels throughout the country giving lectures on emotional survival to emergency first responders.
Grossman, David, and Loren Christensen. On Combat: The Psychology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace. Warrior Science Publications, 2008. Also, Grossman, David, Michael Asken, and Loren Christensen. The Warrior Mindset: Mental Toughness Skills for a Nation’s Peacekeepers. Human Factor Research Group, 2012. Lt. Colonel David Grossman lectures throughout the nation on mental preparedness and emotional survival for emergency first responders. His website is www.killology.com, and he can be contacted at info@killology.com or by calling 618-566-4682.
Ingemann, Mira. “Nexus — Firefighter Wellness Program.” Regent University Press, 2007.
Kirschman, Ellen. I Love a Cop: What Police Families Need to Know. Guilford Press, 2006.
Paris, Clarke. My Life for Your Life. Pain Behind the Badge, 2011. The author travels throughout the country lecturing on police suicide. His website is www.thepainbehindthebadge.com, and he can be contacted at training@thepainbehindthebadge.com or by calling 702-573-4263.
Shapiro, Francine. Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy. Rodale, 2013.
Smith, Bobby. Visions of Courage: The Bobby Smith Story. Four Winds Publishing, 2000. Retired Louisiana state trooper Bobby Smith is also the author of The Will to Survive (Visions of Courage Publishing, 2005) and What’s in Your Heart Comes out of Your Mouth (Visions of Courage Publishing, 2013). He lectures throughout the nation on emotional survival. Bobby’s website is www.visionsofcourage.com, and he can be contacted at bobbysmith@visionsofcourage.com.
Code 9: Officer Needs Assistance. This is a great short documentary highlighting PTSD among police officers, www.youtube.com/watch?v=PapXcCACSwc (Dangerous Curves Productions, uploaded on February 26, 2012).
CopsAlive, www.copsalive.com. This site was founded by the Law Enforcement Survival Institute to provide information and strategies to help police officers and agencies successfully survive their careers and prepare for the risks that threaten their existence.
Counseling Team International, www.thecounselingteam.com. Nancy Bohl-Penrod, PhD, is an emergency-first-responder trauma expert and can be reached at cteamnbohl@aol.com.
Courage to Call. Free 24/7 helpline entirely staffed by veterans who have recently served in the military. They provide information, guidance, support, and/or referrals to current and former members of the military, reserves, or National Guard, and their families and loved ones. They can be reached at 211, 1-877-MyUSVet, or 1-877-698-7838.
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, www.firehero.org. This organization has launched a major initiative to reduce firefighter deaths.
First Responder Support Network, (415) 721-9789, www.WCPR2001.org. Their mission is to provide treatment programs that promote recovery from stress and critical incidents for first responders and their families.
In Harm’s Way: Law Enforcement Suicide Prevention, policesuicide.spcollege.edu. Offers training seminars and workshops on suicide prevention. The webpage supplies resources, reproducible materials, articles with varying viewpoints, statistics, and opinions from which readers can form their own conclusions on the magnitude of the law-enforcement suicide problem, its causes, and the best approaches to finding a solution. The seminars and workshops are offered through a partnership of the Florida Regional Community Policing Institute at St. Petersburg College; The United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida; and the Survivors of Law Enforcement Suicides (SOLES).
International Association of Chiefs of Police, www.theiacp.org/Preventing-law-Enforcement-officer-suicide. The International Association of Chiefs of Police and the United States Department of Justice have partnered to produce a compilation of suicide-prevention resources from leading agencies across the nation. This site provides information on how to develop suicide-prevention programs and the ways to implement them; brochures, posters, and program summaries; numerous sample training materials; several sample presentations covering prevention, intervention, and other topics; and sample funeral protocols for officer suicides.
Law Enforcement Cancer Support Foundation, www.lecsf.net. Operated by police officer cancer survivors, this organization offers support and assistance to fellow law-enforcement officers struggling with cancer. The organization can be reached at 888-456-5327.
National Police Suicide Foundation, psf.org. This organization was founded by retired Baltimore police officer Robert Douglas, who now lectures throughout the country and in other nations regarding first-responder suicide awareness and prevention and emotional survival. He can be contacted at redoug2001@aol.com or 866-276-4615.
National Police Support Network, www.policesupport.com. This website offers resources and assistance to current and former police officers nationwide who are suffering from cancer.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Addresses traumatic brain injury, including PTSD; suicide prevention; and other crises. You can talk to a trained Veterans Administration professional at no cost, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, regarding crisis counseling, suicide intervention, thoughts of harming someone else, and mental health referral information. Call (800) 273-TALK (8255); press #1 if you’re a veteran.
Safe Call Now, www.safecallnow.org. This organization is a confidential resource for public safety employees, including law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders, as well as for corrections staff and civilian support staff and their families.
Spirituality Adapted for Law Enforcement Training, www.911salt.com. This website is operated by Samuel Feemster (a supervising special agent with the FBI, now retired, who worked with the Behavioral Science Unit). Feemster has conducted years of research into the emotional harm that is done to those in the law-enforcement profession. He is available to travel to any agency for training regarding issues of emotional survival.