Building a Culture of Wellness and Resilience in Law Enforcement: An Asset-Based Approach

• In Event: Repeated Stress, Trauma, and Police Citizen Relations

Abstract

Pillar 6 of the President's Report on 21st Century Policing (2015) emphasized the need for building the capacity of law enforcement agencies to create an overall organizational culture and commitment that supports officers' physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Findings from a recent study of law enforcement officers' opioid prescription medication use and opioid use disorder points to resources and strengths associated with the police subculture and supervisory leadership that contribute to officers' fitness for duty and resilience.

Author

• Patricia Griffin, Holy Family University