Articles of Interest: 03/12/12

http://m.chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-02-18/teams-help-officers-deal-trauma-after-police-shootings?v=1329633596

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-02-18/teams-help-officers-deal-trauma-after-police-shootings?v=1329596450

Experts are working to help officers who live through such shootings or witness the death of a colleague get through it and get back on the job. That’s the driving force behind the Crisis Incident Support Team, a volunteer unit with the Georgia State Patrol that comes to the aid of officers and agencies across the state; Over the years, the crisis team concept has been refined into a model that uses established techniques to assist officers experiencing emotional trauma. There is even an organization – the International Critical In­ci­dent Stress Foundation – that sets standards for training, certifies members and provides resources for teams across the nation.; Teams in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina were instrumental in helping Georgia establish its crisis incident organization….; In the case of
officer deaths, Carrier said the crisis team comes in for a “debriefing” with the permission of the local agency and gathers all those who responded to the event and who were close to the fallen officer.