Exam 12: Stress and Related Hazards of the Job

Untreated PTSD can lead to depression.

Officers are often faced with prosecutors who decide not to prosecute a case, exclude police officers during plea bargaining, and fail to exhibit any appreciation for the role of law enforcement; a court that is perceived as too lenient. These are examples of __________.

Stress may be increased by__________.

The _____________________________ asserts that if a person has intentionally or unintentionally provoked a police officer, at that instant the provoker rather than the police officer should be viewed as causing the resulting injury or damages.

An authoritarian structure decreases the level of organizational stress.

The police job is __________.

Which of the following is untrue of stress?

A major source of employee stress may be upper-level management.

Everyday confrontations with those who commit crimes are stressful.

Autocratic managers who seek no input from employees or fail to keep them informed increase stress.

Explain PTSD, what it stands for, who is at risk, what the common symptoms are and how it can be dealt with.

Acute stress can be good for leaders, in that it keeps them alert and challenged.

Acute stress is sometimes called ___________________ stress.

Female police officers must walk a fine line between fitting in and making their own way in law enforcement.

Police experience a unique kind of stress called ___________ stress, a result of frequent and near-instant transition from complete calm to high activity and pressure.

Discuss the coping methods commonly used by law enforcement officers to handle stress. How can managers reduce their own stress levels?

Nearly twice as many police officers are killed in the line of duty as commit suicide.