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Meditation for 1st Responders in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held a group guided meditation for first responders and veterans on Coney Island Beach to express...
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CMPS Staff
- Mar 30, 2020
- 1 min
Box Breathing
Box breathing, also known as square breathing, is a technique used when taking slow, deep breaths. It can heighten performance and...
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CMPS Staff
- Mar 12, 2020
- 1 min
San Luis Obispo Police Department cuts use of force in half this year
…the police department will host a day of mindfulness, where they will practice meditation, yoga and taking care of their mental well...
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CMPS Staff
- Oct 17, 2019
- 1 min
Utah County deputy helps fellow officers, inmates through mindfulness, meditation
“When we go into a room where everybody is having a crisis, we don’t want to bring our own crises with us. When we yell, we are actually...
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CMPS Staff
- Jul 23, 2019
- 1 min
Adams Confronts NYPD Suicides With New Solutions
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Friday organized a public announcement urging meditation and mindfulness training for all police...
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CMPS Staff
- Jun 11, 2019
- 1 min
After Husbands’ Suicides, ‘Best Widow Friends’ Want Police Officers To Reach For Help
Suicide has been increasing in the U.S. In 2017, more than 47,000 Americans killed themselves. Rates went up by more than 30% between...
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CMPS Staff
- Jun 5, 2019
- 1 min
Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community
Corrections officers work in confined societies that are, by definition, dangerous. The stress levels are so high that, in one study, 27...
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CMPS Staff
- Dec 7, 2018
- 1 min
‘And breathe’: police try mindfulness to beat burnout
The College of Policing is to fund a trial of a secular version of mindfulness training for more than 1,500 officers in part to combat...
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CMPS Staff
- Nov 7, 2018
- 1 min
Police Try Mindfulness Therapy to Beat Burnout
Nearly 10,000 officers, equivalent to one in 12, took time off sick with stress or anxiety over the past year, according to figures...
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CMPS Staff
- Jul 23, 2018
- 1 min
Brattleboro Retreat to provide Vermont firefighters with free wellness and resilience trainings
Brattleboro Fire Chief Michael Bucossi is encouraging all firefighters to attend because “first responders see and deal with so many of...
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CMPS Staff
- Jun 12, 2018
- 1 min
The stress of police work leads to higher rates of depression, anger and burnout
Because police face many stressors and often have to make split-second decisions, mental (and ultimately physical) fatigue is...
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CMPS Staff
- Jun 8, 2018
- 1 min
YouTube, Google and employees donate $280,000 to San Bruno first responder initiative
…discussions are ongoing about what the money from Google and YouTube will ultimately fund, but that the initiative has three main...
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CMPS Staff
- May 4, 2018
- 1 min
Mindfulness training aids Cleveland police — and citizens
A January article in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin summarizes extensive studies (such as this one) showing that mindfulness enhances...
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CMPS Staff
- Mar 7, 2018
- 1 min
How the police are using mindfulness to reduce stress & anger
Increasingly mindfulness is becoming part of the workplace experience. One study examines the benefits of mindfulness for reducing stress...
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CMPS Staff
- Feb 8, 2018
- 1 min
Bend Police Incorporate Yoga, Mindfulness Into Officer Wellness Program
Seven police officers spread out on yoga mats in a darkened conferenced room at the Bend Police Station. They wore their full uniform:...
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CMPS Staff
- Jan 24, 2018
- 1 min
Calm, Cool Cops Take Yoga in East Bay for Clarity
“Inhale shoulders come in and up,” said San Leandro resident Beth Zygielbaum to a room of people on yoga mats. This is a unique yoga...
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CMPS Staff
- Oct 24, 2017
- 1 min
Yoga allows Norfolk police some flexibility in training
The Norfolk Police Department believes they are one of the first police departments in the country to implement regular yoga classes into...
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CMPS Staff
- Aug 18, 2017
- 1 min
How Would an Ethical Officer React?
…Senior Cpl. Joshua Merkel, the class’s defensive-tactics instructor, talked to the recruits about how their bodies might respond to...
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CMPS Staff
- Aug 10, 2017
- 1 min
The Passing of Police Captain & Dharma Teacher Cheri Maples
We join so many others in mourning the tragic loss of a great Dharma teacher and friend to so many. Cheri Maples made unique...
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CMPS Staff
- Aug 3, 2017
- 1 min
US police forces are practicing mindfulness to reduce officers’ stress—and violence
After a US army veteran killed five police officers in Dallas last year, the department turned to a new method of dealing with stress on...
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