Contemporary Issues in Police Psychology: Police Peer Support Team Training and the Make it Safe Police Officer Initiative

Contemporary Issues in Police Psychology addresses several timely topics in modern police psychology. It is written for police officers, those with an interest in policing, and trainers of police (and other) peer support teams. It includes a question-and-answer discussion of issues relevant to police peer support, an enhanced outline of the Police Peer Support Team Training program, an introduction to the innovative concepts of police (physical and psychological) primary danger and secondary danger, and a description of the Make it Safe Police Officer Initiative. Many of the thoughts and insights of Dr. Digliani are equally applicable to those outside of the policing profession.

Jack A. Digliani is a psychologist and former deputy sheriff, police officer, and detective. He has served as the police psychologist and peer support team clinical supervisor for several Colorado law enforcement agencies. Dr. Digliani is the author of Reflections of a Police Psychologist, Police and Sheriff Peer Support Team Manual, Law Enforcement Critical Incident Handbook, Law Enforcement Marriage and Relationship Guidebook, and the Psychologist and Training/Recruit Officer Liaison (P.A.T.R.O.L.) program. In 2013, he developed the Make it Safe Police Officer Initiative, a program designed to reduce the secondary danger of policing.