According to law enforcement statistics furnished by the BPOC, an average of 69 law enforcement officers died feloniously in the U.S each year during the 1990's but police suicides averaged more than ______ per year during that same decade.
The BPOC list five specific "phases of transition" that persons who experience traumatic events typically go through; i.e., a police shooting. Which of the following correctly lists in order these phases of transition?
Which of the following was not specifically listed in the BPOC as one of the "phases of transition" that persons who experience traumatic events typically go through when they are involved in something such as a police shooting?
"__________" is defined by the BPOC as a traumatic event that causes a strong emotional reaction which has the potential to interfere with an individual's ability to function at the scene or later. The incident temporarily disrupts your everyday life, forces you to face death, your vulnerability, pain, severe loss, or horror (i.e. a shooting, use of force incident, heart attack or catastrophic illness.)
"_______" is incident specific. This is heavy-duty stress that causes psychological and physical discomfort for 2 days to 1 month. It is considered "normal" response to an abnormal extreme situation.
"_____________" is defined as prolonged unrelieved stress also called cumulative stress. Prolonged unrelieved wear and tear results from too many demands. An extreme example of this is burnout when a person loses energy and interest because of unrelieved stress.
In the BPOC, "FITT" is the acronym for a set of guidelines to assist in incorporating the exercise guidelines to a personal fitness program. Which of the following are the set of guidelines that correctly match this acronym?
The BPOC list the following six specific factors that make up the "Wellness Pyramid." Which of the factors make up the "cap" that holds down all the other areas in the pyramid?
The BPOC list the following six specific factors that make up the "Wellness Pyramid." Which of the following factors make up the foundation on which the Wellness Pyramid is built?
______________ is defined by TCLEOSE as that condition of the human organism that consists of its health and disease status and risk potential. There are varying degrees of wellness, ranging from death to optimal well-being. Genuine health is not just the absence of disease or infirmity, it is a state of positive well-being. It induces the physical, mental, spiritual, and social emotional dimensions of life. Total well-being translates into the practice of positive lifestyle behaviors and good health habits.
The condition of the body that enables an individual to use his or her body in activities requiring strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, coordination, agility power, balance, speed, and accuracy, without undue experience of fatigue and exhaustion is the definition of
The solution to alcohol/drug abuse in law enforcement begins with the individual officer. The responsibility of the individual officer is two-fold. They are?
Alcoholism is a disease for which recovery is guaranteed if the alcoholic begins and sticks with a recovery program. If not a premature death is likely.
What is "A traumatic event that causes a strong emotional reaction which has the potential to interfere with an individual's ability to function at the scene or later."
An officer may experience auditory changes, loss of peripheral vision and depth perception, increases in reaction time and a declining ability to process information
Strategies to positively channel changes to enhance tactical performance or minimize deterioration of psychomotor skills and sensory changes do not include