Les Sylven, who served as Central Saanich chief, earned his PhD from UVic based on a study of meditation that began soon after he was targeted in a murder-suicide plot as a first-year cop
Les Sylven never planned to be a cop, but when he ended up as an RCMP rookie, he knew exactly what kind of officer he wanted to be.When Sylven was growing up in Calgary, police would often be called to help with his older brother, whose schizophrenia would at times present as violence — “some of the police would show up and make things better. Some of them would make it worse.”
After a half hour of listening intently to the man speak about his feelings of failure and isolation, Sylven had convinced him to voluntarily get into his police cruiser and was about to leave for the hospital when the man made a request.At that point, Sylven realized the man had planned to shoot him inside his house, “trusting that I would quickly shoot back and kill him.”
“He learned that in addition to improving police-officer well being, regular mindfulness practice could be a catalyst for reform,” the emcee said. At its most basic, transcendental meditation involves focusing attention on the silent repetition of a sound or mantra. For Sylven’s research, mindfulness is generally defined as a state of consciousness characterized by greater awareness of present experiences and reality.
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