Vermette et al. offer significant observations about the training of police officers working with individuals who have a mental illness. The need to have effective training that meets the expectations of line officers as well as supervisors and police chiefs is readily apparent. Law enforcement officers are routinely the first responders in situations involving mentally ill persons in crisis. T...

BACKGROUND Mental and physical health status is closely associated with the specific character of work in the structures of the uniformed services. The aim of the study was to examine how self-control, revealed strategies of coping with stress, sociodemographic factors differentiate the level of psychological and physical well-being of prison officers, and what is the predictor of psychological...

The study determined the Information, communication and logical environment security control mechanisms embraced by administrative officers for effective information management in Colleges of Education (CCOEs) South-South Nigeria. descriptive survey research design. population was 1580 Administrative Officers.. 320 respondents using a proportional sampling technique used to determine number eac...

One of the factors that caused hijacking ships was lack a security system in sailing. The purpose this study is to design piracy anticipation on ship provide early warning officers and shooting system, determine distance objects detected by sensors sending information BAKAMLA (Sea Safety Agency) team case piracy. This research device uses four ultrasonic detect enter ship’s area. sensor reading...

BACKGROUND Lack of data on the quality of care offered by Clinical Officers (COs) compromises the current efforts on health reforms in Kenya. The objective of this study was to assess patients' satisfaction with their outpatient visit to Clinical Officers. METHODS This was an exit survey of adult outpatients who visited Clinical Officers between September 2009 and May 2010. A total of 326 Cli...

OBJECTIVES This study examined a cognitive stress-moderation model that posits that the harmful effects of chronic stress are decreased in police officers who perceive high levels of physical fitness. It also determined whether the stress-buffering effect of perceived fitness is influenced by officers' self-reported sleep. METHODS A total of 460 police officers (n=116 females, n=344 males, me...

The authors describe the development of a model which assists with answering the question, "for a facility with certain characteristics, what would be the industry average number of security FTE's?" Through the use of multiple regression analysis using actual field data, an objective means of making this determination is possible, they report.

Based on emotional labor theory, we aim to study the relationships between dimensions of (requirements and strategies), work engagement, occupational identity in Portuguese police officers. Therefore, intend explore possible effects both engagement identity, as well ways preventing and/or mitigating impact these relationships. We identified a gap studies this subject Portugal, particularly cont...

Police and law enforcement providers frequently come in contact with individuals who have psychiatric disorders. Repeated studies suggest that greater understanding of psychiatric conditions by police officers would be beneficial. However, few training approaches have been examined. We present a novel approach to training police officers to interact with those who may have a psychiatric disorde...

means more likely to attain the desired end. Oil page 36. " Medical officers should never | sign any letter drafted by a subordinate without | reading it through and correcting it, if necessary "?excellent advice, not only to regimental medical officers, but to all officers, of every service and of every rank. If it were always acted upon, there would be less unnecessary correspondence to worry...