\u201cI\u2019d like to think the public do appreciate that police officers do need help dealing with trauma. Although officers sometimes do superhuman things, they\u2019re not superhuman\u201d<\/p>\n
Statement from Essex Police Federation Chairman Steve Taylor on the incident in Grays and support provided to officers dealing with the aftermath.<\/p>\n
Steve said: \u201cIt\u2019s horrendous to think 39 people have lost their lives in this manner. Whilst Essex Police officers are dealing with that incident and dealing with the trauma that comes with it, let\u2019s not forget by the biggest trauma will be reserved for those family members, the friends and closest ones of those 39 that lost their lives, and of course they\u2019re very much in our thoughts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst this is an extraordinary case, and thank goodness, the tools that officers need to deal with it properly and the support and welfare provision that\u2019s put in place, those are well established and understood.<\/p>\n
\u201cOfficers are dealing with this extraordinary incident by relying on their ordinary skills and the welfare and support that\u2019s put in place around them by the police force, by the federation, by others that are there to help.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to think the public do appreciate that officers do need help dealing with trauma. Although officers sometimes do superhuman things, they\u2019re not superhuman. I think that\u2019s reflected by the majority of members of the public appreciating you can\u2019t just grow a bobby overnight, you can\u2019t just take one out of the cupboard. They do need time to learn their trade and as part of that learning it\u2019s understanding how to deal with trauma.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere might be some out there that hold the view officers should just have a stiff upper lip and just get on with it. I think that\u2019s a prehistoric attitude now and I\u2019d like to think we\u2019re moving away from those days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve concluded: \u201cEssex Police has come on leaps and bounds in the provision it provides for officers dealing with traumatic incidents. There\u2019s no magic formula for dealing with trauma. We don\u2019t know what incident will affect he individual or not, and we all deal with trauma in different ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thing is recognising that we might need help and that dealing with traumatic incidents isn\u2019t an individual pursuit, it isn\u2019t something that officers need to do on their own. There is help available and the first stage for that help in our police force is peer based.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s an assessment done amongst the team by the team that can sometimes indicate those early signs that someone might need a bit of help dealing with a traumatic incident. So that will be going on across the force for those involved, for those on the periphery. And of course you needn\u2019t be the officer at the scene to still be involved and effected by traumatic incidents, and so that work will continue across the force.\u201d<\/p>\n
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