The head of the Hamilton Police Association is urging for improved mental health support for frontline officers who have experienced trauma. The association is calling for an end to the stigma surrounding mental health and is requesting a comprehensive wellness program. Many officers fear negative consequences if their struggles are known by their employer. The association claims that member wellness is compromised due to the high number of psychological injury claims challenged by the Hamilton Police Service.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.The head of the Hamilton Police Association is calling for better supports for frontline officers who had to deal with mental health illnesses spurred on by a traumatic event.
“They fear for their career development positions and employment opportunities as well as promotions. They fear for being ostracized, gossiped and isolated.”At the root of the HPA claim is a suggestion that member wellness is compromised via the number of psychological injury claims from their members challenged by the HPS.
“More than 50 per cent of the psychological claims of members of the 15 appeals, 12 have been concluded, and each of them the employer lost the appeal,” Bannon said. “I’ll let the president speak to what they want to interpret in the FOI response … if something doesn’t fall within the definition of the legislation we also have an obligation to appeal,” Bergen said.works through “triggers” a traumatic event creates for an officer and bolsters their confidence and eventual return at the subject’s own pace.
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