In the next issue of JCSWB: SOCIAL INNOVATION NARRATIVE - Police well-being interventions: Using awe narratives to promote resilience by Jeff Thompson @Jefftphd #LEPH2023

Resilience Avengers Assemble. Great to get together and teach some New Jersey Law Enforcement Officers resilience and peer support Jeff Thompson, Ph.D.

Police well-being interventions: Using awe narratives to promote resilience. New via Journal of CSWB ⬇️ journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb…

The narratives we tell shape how we view and live in the world. @Jefftphd of @columbiapsych explores awe narratives with police personnel across the world to examine how these stories can support resilience and overall well-being: doi.org/10.35502/jcswb… #LEPH2023

I gave a veteran police officer on patrol a chance to reflect on resilience in the ordinary. They talked about a buttercup. Really. New research via Journal of CSWB ⬇️ #NarrativeMedicine #NarrativePsychology linkedin.com/posts/jeff-tho…

Great job by our officers. Of course the video doesn’t show the individual jumping the turnstile right in front of the officers and refusing multiple requests for identification. This type of lawlessness is exactly what New Yorkers are tired of in our transit system.

Today, we want to challenge you to take 2 minutes and 30 seconds out of your day to stop and watch. Mental Health Support for Police Officers youtu.be/JagRimabFb0?si… via YouTube

It’s #BellLetsTalk day. As we focus today on mental health, we invite you to read this article from our archives published last year by @Jefftphd: doi.org/10.35502/jcswb…

Make no mistake about it, your cops are doing their job! Now it’s up to the rest of the criminal justice system to do theirs. On Monday, Transit cops arrested a 38-year-old career criminal after he forcibly robbed a straphanger of his cellphone in Manhattan. He was released

Tonight this city lost a hero, a wife lost her husband, and a young child lost their father. We struggle to find the words to express the tragedy of losing one of our own. The work that Police Officer Jonathan Diller did each day to make this city a safer place will NEVER be

The NYPD is unafraid to say it. We are proud to be American. We are proud to protect New York City and uphold our nation’s sacred principles of freedom, justice and democracy. It’s what defines the American spirit. We will always defend everyone’s right to free speech while

Just as I predicted in my earlier ‘Kudos’ tweet congratulating the NYPD on this initiative, the progressive left woke anti-cop forces, led by the ACLU are attacking this technology and that of ShotSpotter with their bogus and unfounded racial justice discrimination and disparity

At last! My Churchill Fellowship report into wellbeing and resilience in law enforcement has been published 🥳 and can be accessed here: churchillfellowship.org/ideas-experts/… The Churchill Fellowship Police Scotland

Today kicks off #SuicidePreventionMonth. 💜 Create hope in your family & your community by educating yourself about #suicideprevention. Learn the warning signs & risk factors, how to support someone thinking about suicide, & familiarize yourself with 988. 988lifeline.org

Good luck to NYPD NEWS & FDNY and a special thanks to American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for working with both teams to #StopSuicide. Earlier in the week both teams attended an AFSP sponsored workshop in partnership with Columbia Psychiatry.

Thank you ex-NYPD hostage negotiatior Columbia University research psychologist Jeff Thompson for listing the #1 skill to have: “empathy, understanding somebody's perspective, what are they thinking, what are they feeling,  that helps you understand, why are they doing what they're doing”.

Kudos to these cops, firefighters, and fellow first responders on lighting up the night for their young fans at Golisano Children's Hospital in Rochester, NY. The annual Good Night Lights brings smiles to the faces of so many.

Illuminating Humanity: Narrative Medicine Practices for Crisis Negotiators “While the medical professional purposefully involves the patient’s story as a crucial part of the process, it is suggested that negotiators can...” link.springer.com/article/10.100…