They could earn a decent living which could provide for themselves and their families-wives could look after children there would be money to send their children to college. They joined the force with the genuine desire to help, to ameliorate conditions, and be admired for their services. He was there to help and protect and rescue. Since there are a number of variables, let me concentrate on just one occupation and how stress affects our police officers whose job is, after all, “to protect and to serve.” Years ago, the street cop (always male at the time) was your friend. There are numerous factors that create stress: how we view ourselves, how the community at-large views us, how we accept the various roles we must simultaneously fill, the kind of respect and admiration we receive, how well we are able to balance work with family and other parts of our lives. We must acknowledge that stress is a very real part of life and affects every aspect of it. We can no longer be oblivious to the reality of their lives. Nevertheless, there are indeed certain jobs that are more stressful and cause more physical and mental damage than others: the positions held by police officers, firefighters, teachers, and electrical workers-to name the most obvious. (Photo: Tina Burch)Įvery role we fill in life comes with stressors: getting married, having children, going to school, getting and keeping a job and then coping with its interminable demands. LAPD officer Laura Gerritsen mourns death of fellow officer and life partner Spree DeSha who died in the Metrolink crash in 2008.
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