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Walk in Balance: Training Crisis Intervention Team Police Officers as Compassionate Warriors

2011; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/15401383.2011.630304

1540-1391

Brian A. Chopko,

Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs

Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) were developed to enable law enforcement officers to effectively and compassionately respond to calls involving people experiencing psychiatric distress. Mental health professionals responsible for training CIT officers are in a unique position to promote the compassionate treatment of those experiencing psychiatric distress as well as the well-being of the police officers themselves. Fostering spiritual connections and a compassionate-warrior mindset may enhance the training of CIT officers. This article includes descriptions of creative interventions including the use of historical compassionate-warrior comparisons, fictitious stories, and spiritual symbols. These techniques are based on warrior codes of groups such as samurai warriors, martial artists such as Shaolin Kung Fu, medieval knights, Native Americans, and the U.S. military.