![]() ![]() Always give yourself an advantage in every situation, do what has to be done, and take care of yourself, your partner, other officers and the people you serve, but the goal at the end of the day is to make it home! Hold your family tight, and spend as much time with them as you can – working OT, or off duty is great, but you won’t get the time with your family back. This job will eat you up if you let it, it’s not a crime to take a minute for yourself, or a week if you need it, you have to stay mentally healthy, or you will not last! When you make a mistake, and we all do, give yourself some grace, but always learn from that mistake. There is more to life than cop stuff! This is your career, not your life! And most importantly, read Kevin Gilmartin’s book “Emotional Survival.” Don’t eat, sleep and breath police work no matter what your peers think. – Rodney Scottĭon’t be peer pressured into being “on duty” 24/7.
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