CMPS Staff

The statistics are staggering — and largely unknown to the public. According to a 2011 survey by Desert Waters Correctional Outreach, 34 percent of correctional officers reported experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). By comparison, 14 percent of military combat veterans reported the same. Correctional officers, in other words, are experiencing PTSD at more than twice the rate of Vietnam-era veterans — yet they receive only a fraction of the public awareness and institut

Police clinical psychologist, Chairman of Badge of Life, international trainer, curriculum developer, and publisher on issues of mental...