The Mental Health Professional's Role in Prevention and Mitigation of Police Violence and Burnout

Course overview

The death of George Floyd, as well as numerous other violent and tragic encounters with police caught on camera, have sparked increased awareness and interest in police violence, racial injustice, and the need for police reform. Statistics related to police violence, racial injustice, and police burnout yield alarming, puzzling, and perhaps seemingly contradictory findings. For example, police have killed 781 people in 2020 and Black people were about twice as likely as White people to be killed. Minority neighborhoods are disproportionately patrolled by police officers.