unication causes chiefs and officers as much grief as anything. In
             short, the organization needs to remove its own problems before pointing at individual officers and
             putting all the blame on them creating stress.
             If we take a quick overview of police work and look at the research we can see what are some the
             biggest stresses. Having you partner killed in the line of duty, lack of support by the department/bosses,
             shiftwork and disruption of family time/family rituals and the daily grind of dealing with the stupidity of
             the public (Adams 399). The police officer, under the stress of responding to an armed robbery or a
             break-in heightens their awareness of surroundings, increase the perception of sight, smell and sound,
             and draw on their training and experience in approaching the scene or searching a building creating
             stress (Adams 400). Interestingly, physical danger is ranked low on the list of stresses by police
             officers! A study of 2376 Buffalo NY police officers found that compared to the white male population
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