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Officer welfare: How can we enable our officers to ask for help themselves?

SUBSCRIBE 5th November 2020Gareth Davies, Director, The Bravest Path
The growing suicide levels among police officers and emergency response staff highlight the heavy toll on mental health that these roles can take; in the first of a series of articles focusing on issues such as vulnerability, shame, and self-worth, former police leader turned development coach Gareth Davies outlines some of the key steps forces can take to enable officers to ask for help and support.

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