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Jun 19
1 min

Self Care for Police is Part of the Solution

If the objective is to have police officers stop killing unarmed black citizens, self-care for police is not an act of self-indulgence. N...

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CMPS Staff

May 1
1 min

7 Tips for the Pandemic

"A comprehensive review of international quarantine studies published recently in The Lancet shows that stress often lurks long after qua...

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CMPS Staff

Apr 1
1 min

Resilience isn't a Luxury

"During these times of great uncertainty and anxiety, I believe we need to begin a serious conversation about resilience. Resilience is s...

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CMPS Staff

Mar 30
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 concen...

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Utah County deputy helps fellow officers, inmates through mindfulness, meditation

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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Adams Confronts NYPD Suicides With New Solutions

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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A Conversation Regarding the Spiritual Wellness & Resiliency of Corrections Professionals

CMPS Staff

Jul 2, 2019
1 min

A Conversation Regarding the Spiritual Wellness & Resiliency of Corrections Professionals

Recently, the Center for Mindfulness in Public Safety’s Director of Training & Research, Fleet Maull, had the pleasure of speaking to Har...

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After Husbands’ Suicides, ‘Best Widow Friends’ Want Police Officers To Reach For Help

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 199...

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Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community

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

Mar 13, 2019
1 min

Mindfulness Training Helps Firefighters

Physically dangerous and mentally challenging, the job of firefighters can be overwhelmingly stressful, and if there are not healthy ways...

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CMPS Staff

Feb 15, 2019
1 min

MBWR in Action!

Center for Mindfulness in Public Safety (CMPS) is leading a 10-week Mindfulness-Based Wellness & Resiliency® (MBWR) training in Ontario, ...

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Meditation & Yoga for Police in Cleveland

CMPS Staff

Feb 13, 2019
1 min

Meditation & Yoga for Police in Cleveland

There are few jobs more stressful than being a police officer. That's why Cleveland Police are now teaching Yoga and mindfulness in the p...

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CMPS Staff

Jan 11, 2019
1 min

Meditation Helps Police Reduce Stress

The research, led by professors Mike Christopher and Matthew Hunsinger and published in the June 2018 addition of Psychiatry Research, lo...

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‘And breathe’: police try mindfulness to beat burnout

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 so...

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The hardships of correctional officers often go unseen by the public

CMPS Staff

Nov 14, 2018
1 min

The hardships of correctional officers often go unseen by the public

COs suffer from PTSD at more than double the rate of police officers and the general public. Recent statistics found 34 percent of COs su...

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Police Try Mindfulness Therapy to Beat Burnout

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 relea...

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Mississippi prisons creating stress-reduction rooms for employees

CMPS Staff

Oct 8, 2018
1 min

Mississippi prisons creating stress-reduction rooms for employees

“Because of the conditions that they work in, where you hear the clanging of cells all day, having to eat your lunch in front of offender...

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CMPS Staff

Aug 17, 2018
1 min

Fire Department Embraces Mindfulness

In a department 400-members strong, a new initiative like mindfulness may not be the easiest sell, especially to those who might not imme...

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Brattleboro Retreat to provide Vermont firefighters with free wellness and resilience trainings

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 t...

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The stress of police work leads to higher rates of depression, anger and burnout

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 routine. Th...

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