Category: Admin News

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Officer Welfare Warrior Award

There are three pillars to the foundation of our efforts here at the Maine Center for Resilience and Survivability: Treatment, Training, and Education. We also search of brave law enforcement leaders working to promote officer resilience. Throughout the year we look for individuals who are taking Officer Resilience seriously by demonstrating a commitment to changing… Continue reading Officer Welfare Warrior Award

Fatigue and Injury Risk Reduction

With so many police departments struggling to maintain minimum staffing requirements and others working to avoid shortages due to massive numbers of retirements in the near future, administrators have resulted to increasing shift lengths. In some cases, shifts have been increased by 50% per day! The dreaded forced overtime! What happens when someone books off… Continue reading Fatigue and Injury Risk Reduction

Pain Behind the Badge

We want you to be aware of some life-saving training sponsored by Dirigo Safety! PAIN BEHIND THE BADGEStoic, bulletproof, and invincible, police officers hide their own personal suffering for a number of reasons. This training, Pain Behind the Badge is designed to promote officer safety, resilience, and wellness. The Pain Behind the Badge training is… Continue reading Pain Behind the Badge

STAFFING SHORTAGES vs. STAFFING BURNOUT

Are longer shifts the solution? With nearly every large department in Maine suffering from staffing shortages and poor recruitment numbers, many administrators have either lengthened shifts from 8 to 10 or 12-hours or they are contemplating the increase. While forcing police officers to work a longer shift may resolve minimum staffing requirements in the short-term,… Continue reading STAFFING SHORTAGES vs. STAFFING BURNOUT

Shrinking hiring standards – Expanding liability?

The following is a brief summary of an article detailing some alarming trends in pre-employment psychological evaluations. In Maine, we bestow the privilege of wearing a gun and a badge along with all the power that goes along with those tools to a select few of exceptionally qualified men and women. Once hired, the extensive… Continue reading Shrinking hiring standards – Expanding liability?

Have you seen GINA?

With all the difficulty departments are having trying to hire new police officers, some have embraced declining standards to answer the workforce shortages. Some departments have devolved from being very selective just 10 years ago to “can the candidate fog a mirror” and now, GINA. GINA has been with us for 13 years but it… Continue reading Have you seen GINA?