Compassion Fatigue Among Officers

https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/compassion-fatigue-among-officers

Law enforcement is considered a high-stress helping profession. Officers are exposed to secondary trauma throughout their careers and sometimes experience primary trauma. Mixed with the stress of the job, this trauma can produce symptoms of compassion fatigue, which impacts the emotional and physical well-being of officers and can exacerbate volatile situations or incidents.