Personnel Issues and Practices

One of the main factors that cause high levels of stress to the police officers is self-management. This is because they have left to manage themselves despite the critical role they play in the society. Some of the encounters are traumatizing resulting to more stress if not addressed. Their physical and mental aspects are affected by the extreme encounters along the streets. Stress management can be accomplished by the police officers themselves hence a good strategy (Fulero &Wrightsman, 2008). This is because the officers will complete the reports timely and also ensure that the equipments they use are in good condition will ensure that work is in order. The self-management strategy also ensures that communication is effective with the supervisors and the relevant chain of command will ensure all the issues they experience are addressed in the right way thus reducing the levels of stress (Fulero &Wrightsman, 2008). By having a roll out of this strategy to the officers it will melt down the level of stress resulting in more ability in performing the duties and also increase their interaction with the citizens hence relating well.

High education for the police officers is important because it means that there will be better professional policing. It is true to say that police officers who are educated and have earned higher education degrees will be in a better position to demonstrate the skills acquired and a good overall job performance (Dempsey & Forst, 2013). This translates to greater advancement opportunities in comparison to the colleagues a degree. Therefore it is of many advantages to having police officers who hold higher education degrees as they are in a better position to show great levels of creativity and problem-solving skills as well as personal benefits (Dempsey & Forst, 2013).

Reference

Dempsey, J. S., & Forst, L. S. (2013). An introduction to policing. Albany, N.Y: Delmar.

Fulero,  S . M., &Wrightsman, L. S. (2008). Forensic Psychology. Cengage Learning