| Description |
1 online resource (205 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
The purpose of this unique book is to provide police officers and administrators with a simple and effective handbook to improve the safety of police employees. It is research-based and uses the most up-to-date statistics from the Department of Justice, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, and the Uniform Crime Report. The first chapter of this book contains a complete list of actual cases of officer deaths during 2010. This list provides an overview of how officers are dying in the line of duty. After a problem is identified and discussed in one chapter, the next chapter detai. |
| Contents |
Officers killed in the line of duty, 2010 on-duty deaths -- The numbers: an overview of on-duty deaths -- The #1 killer: traffic accidents -- Preventing traffic deaths: successful strategies -- The #2 killer: police homicides -- Preventing police homicides: successful strategies duty-related deaths -- Employee physical health: beyond foot chases and fights -- Improving physical health: successful strategies -- Employee mental health: seeing the big picture -- Maintaining good mental health: successful strategies administrator's guide -- Developing a comprehensive wellness program: departmental assessments -- Working toward wellness: getting a new wellness program off the ground -- Employee morale: the root of safety and wellness. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Police -- Mortality -- United States.
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Police -- Mortality. |
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United States. |
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Police -- Violence against -- United States.
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Police -- Violence against. |
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Police -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
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Police -- Health and hygiene. |
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Police. |
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Police training -- United States.
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Police training. |
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Self-defense for police -- United States.
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Self-defense for police. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Police. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780398088217 |
| ISBN |
9780398088224 (electronic book) |
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0398088225 (electronic book) |
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