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All services and materials provided by the Badge of Life are free. This includes classes, lectures, seminars and briefings for management staff interested in broadening their program. If you would like any of our videos, lesson plans or power points, just contact us and we will provide you a link from which you can download them for free.

FREE VIDEOS: click any of below to view (For copies, write us at badgeoflife@gmail.com and we will send you a link from which you can download them for free.)

NEW: Police Suicide, Where is the Piper?

NEW: Police Suicide - Make a Difference!

Video: How to Pick a Good Therapist

Video: "Inside the Box" - Police Suicide

Video: How Many Police Suicides (really)?


Is it possible for police work to cause suicide? Those in power say "No." Watch the video, Police Suicide, Where is the Piper? and decide for yourself!

Video: Classroom Film -Police Suicides

Video: What is the Badge of Life?

Video: "Police Suicide"

Video: "Police PTSD"

Video: "Reaching Out"

Video: A Mind's Eye View of PTSD.

Video: "Police Retirement - The Last Trauma"

Video: Alliance for Police Suicide Prevention Programs

LESSON PLANS/POWER POINTS:

(available for free download by contacting Badge of Life at badgeoflife@gmail.com)

Lesson Plan for Veteran Squads - ESC Training

Power Point Presentation -- for Veteran Squads

Power Point Presentation -- for Retirement Seminars and Presentations

ARTICLES AND STUDIES:

(available for free download by contacting Badge of Life at badgeoflife@gmail.com)

NEW: A NEW APPROACH TO POLICE SUICIDE PREVENTION

NEW: PTSD - An emotional and PHYSICAL Injury

The Best Books on Police Suicide, Mental Health and Trauma

2008 and 2009 Police Suicides

Officer.com "Police Suicide Statistics for 2009

2010 Police Suicides

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

Police Suicides in New Jersey, A Gathering Storm

Badge of Life, International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Police Stress vs Police Trauma--a difference? You Bet!

Aamodt & Stalnaker, Police Suicides and Cats in a Tree

CAN Police Work Cause Suicide?

Police Suicide Myths (How many have you fallen for?)

Chasing Devils--Cops and Alcohol

Resources for SURVIVORS of Law Enforcement Suicide

PoliceSuicide Statistics for 2008, 2009--a Study

Psychological Issues in Line of Duty Suicides

A Resilient Police Organization Makes the Difference

A Hero Dies a Second Death

Is There Happiness in Police Work?

Eddie's Story - The tragic story of a Police Retiree Suicide

Complete articles by John Violanti, PhD.

Police Retirement -- "In Search of Happily Ever After"

Forgotten Photograph: History of the California Highway Patrol

The Art of Acceptance

NEW ARTICLES:

THE MASK OF CONTENTMENT: ARE THERE THOSE AMONG US?

"Officer of the Year" Fired for Having PTSD

The Small Differences by Kevin Paulson, San Francisco SD

We are Killing our Own Officers--by Suicide!

The Annual Voluntary Mental Health Check Program for Officers

Finding a good therapist for cops

Are We Preparing our Police Cadets for Real Stress and Trauma?

NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT BADGE OF LIFE

Peer Support Central

Veteran, Hero commits Suicide

Badge of Life aims to lower police suicide

A Survivor of Law Enforcement Suicide Reflects on the Loss of His Son

Contra Costa Times (Interview with Tom Barnidge)

"Eight Retirees Who Founded Nonprofits" by Michelle Cerone, Forbes.com

Mental Health Net ("Police Suicide, A Public Health Problem")

OfficerResource.Com ("The Badge of Life")

PORAC (A California Highway Patrol Officer and His PTSD)

Sacramento Spectrum ("Badge of Life Helps Officers Cope with Trauma")

Colfax Record ("Retired Officers Reach Out with Suicide Prevention")

PoliceOne.com ("Suicide by Inches")

Oakland Tribune ("Cops' Biggest Enemy can be Mental Stress")

Can the stress and trauma of police work result in suicide? "Never!"

say many police chiefs.

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