Posted on Jun 8, 2015
PTSD and Military veterans that join the police force. Should pre-employment screening for PTSD be a requirement?
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California Policeman beats black woman nearly to death. Statistics show that the majority of police that commit violent crimes against American citizens are prior military. Why? Is it Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or simply hate. The U.S. Federal government is investigating. The American government and press attributed recent violence in Furguson and Baltimore to police brutality. Six police officers were subsequently arrested in Baltimore. PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or simply hate??? Key result, police were arrested.
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When I leave the military, I don't plan to do LE or even anything associated with security. The problem with screening veterans is one, it might be discrimination, and two, it will cost someone some money and who will pay for that, the department the vet is trying to get hired onto? Personally, if a potential employer asked if I have been diagnosed with PTSD I will make sure to file a complaint with EO.
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I did 10 years and 6 deployments before getting out. I was hired as a cop in Phoenix after being out for only two months. I met alot of people in my agency who were getting help for PTS from various (recent) prior military service.
None of us had any issues with the public or our peers attributable to our diagnosed combat related PTS. We were all seeking treatment from what was the worst VA on the planet at the time!
I have to think some of these recent issues with LE and the minority public probably stemmed from something else. It streamlines the story for the press and lessens the liability of the LE agency related to the incident if they scream "PTSD" from the rooftops.
In my eight years as a cop I had no issue and neither did any of my peers...
None of us had any issues with the public or our peers attributable to our diagnosed combat related PTS. We were all seeking treatment from what was the worst VA on the planet at the time!
I have to think some of these recent issues with LE and the minority public probably stemmed from something else. It streamlines the story for the press and lessens the liability of the LE agency related to the incident if they scream "PTSD" from the rooftops.
In my eight years as a cop I had no issue and neither did any of my peers...
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In my 15 years as a State of Florida Private investigator, and associated number of years as a Hampton City Virginia Special Police Officer and Private Investigator, I heard only rumors of VA misconduct reference the issue.
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CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Blames Vets Becoming Cops for Police Violence; ‘They come home Ready to Do Battle’
http://www.mrctv.org/videos/cnn-s-brooke-baldwin-blames-veterans-becoming-cops-police-brutality-they-re-ready-battle
http://www.mrctv.org/videos/cnn-s-brooke-baldwin-blames-veterans-becoming-cops-police-brutality-they-re-ready-battle
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Blames Vets Becoming Cops for Police Violence; ‘They’re Ready to Do Battle’
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. CNN’s Brooke Baldwin suggested during the Tuesday afternoon edition of CNN Newsroom that U.S. military veterans who become police officers were to blame for the recent string of violence...
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One can make statistics show what one wants...
Statistics show that the majority of police that commit violent crimes against American citizens are prior military? Hmm, maybe that's because the majority of POLICE OFFICERS are former military.
Statistics show that the majority of police that commit violent crimes against American citizens are prior military? Hmm, maybe that's because the majority of POLICE OFFICERS are former military.
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Apparently that appears to be the truth for most states. Not only are most police prior military, it is further alleged that a great portion of the police force in some states are military reservist.
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