Around 12% of Australians will experience PTSD in their lifetime. Emergency service workers are more prone to suffer from PTSD, especially police officers. They're dealing with horrific scenes, violent crimes and offenders and the worst possible accidents.... well, imagine what police officers in crime squads are exposed to.
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Former Detective Inspector Ken Ashworth knows. He’s had a highly successful and prestigious career. Ken worked in the Armed Robbery and Homicide Squads and was involved in 7 police shootings. He was in the Purana Taskforce and investigated organised crime on the waterfront and in South America. Ken’s also spent many years wrestling with PTSD and courageously talks about it with me on The Crime Couch.
30 Mar 2022
Police Families are integral in supporting their loved one working in policing environments however police work may take a toll on the family unit.
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