Unlocking Emotional Intelligence (EI): Decoding Stress

65-73% of Officers believe their coping mechanisms are only slightly or not at all effective. In an age of chaos and an era that intensely, almost violently, rejects structure; the impacts on police officers is an increasingly challenging job that can push anyone to their limits. Police stress has been categorized as traumatic or routine stress. Stress is determined by both frequency and impact on Officer wellbeing. Difficult arrests may feel routine at some point, while one critical incident can be permanently traumatizing. While dealing with stress can manifest in different ways it should never be ignored, either scenario leaves Officers extremely vulnerable to it’s impacts. Unlocking emotional and social intelligence is a recognized and tested pathway to individual wellbeing factors that underscore emotional triggers for creating deeper awareness to individual stressors, and opportunities for improving and counteracting the impacts of stress in a hyper VUCA; now BANI environment: Brittle Anxious Negative Incomprehensible