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Saul Roth is living proof that experience matters. He is a resourceful, dedicated, and accomplished law enforcement professional with over 37 years of experience as a first responder and follow-up investigator. Saul has 22 years of experience in the Nassau County Police Department and 10 years of law enforcement in the NYC Department of Corrections, the NYC Transit Police Department, and the NYC Police Department. He also served 26 years in military service: active duty, reserves and National Guard.
Saul Roth’s exceptional interpersonal skills make him quickly able to establish rapport with people from diverse backgrounds on all professional levels.
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What is a day in the life of an Air Force reservist like? – Saul Roth
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Police Suicide – Analysis – Saul Roth
Image Credit: I, I'm nonpartisan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth I have uncovered many studies and articles concerning police stress and police suicide. From my experience of over 37 years as the law enforcement professional, I believe that many of...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 9 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: André Gustavo Stumpf from Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth On the other hand, there is a possible misconception that police officers consume more alcohol than the general public. A study of police officers in Mississippi by Lindsey,...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 8 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: André Gustavo Stumpf from Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth Many police officers maintain their workplace attitudes when home with the family. At work an officer has to exert an authoritarian stance, a behavior that does not always sit...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 7 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: André Gustavo Stumpf from Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth I was a corrections officer for two years on two different correction departments, during which I experienced a similar administrative structure in corrections as I have in...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 6 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of AmericaMC1 Gina K Danals/U.S. Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth In the modern police department, police administrators are under constant and excessive stress. Police administrators...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 5 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Photograph by D Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth Police officers with low self-esteem experience many psychological conditions, such as depression and anxiety, and are more prone to suffer burnout. Additionally, officers could...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 4 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Michael Fleischhacker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth The World Trade Center Health Registry is the biggest disaster registry in the U.S. The registry compiles medical data on all workers enrolled in it. The workers represent many...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 3 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: chrisinphilly5448, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth Police officers are six times more likely to suffer from PTSD than the general public (Green, 2004). Thirteen percent of suburban police officers are found to be suffering from PTSD at any given...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 2 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth There are conflicting views on PTSD. At some point in life, almost every person experiences loss. PTSD is thought to be a psychiatric condition by most experts...
Police Suicide – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Saul Roth
Image Credit: André Gustavo Stumpf from Brasil, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth The American Psychological Association and the Association for the Chiefs of Police both have their own police psychological sections. The average police officer in his career...
Police Suicide – Suicidal Ideation – Causes of Stress 6 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Cocoaguy, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth Furthermore, officers are constantly being exposed to dead bodies. There are many different scenarios whereby they may be exposed to dead bodies. Many times they respond to homes in which elderly...
Police Suicide – Suicidal Ideation – Causes of Stress 5 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: KOMUnews, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth Another study by Anshel et al. (1997) found that officers experiencing acute stress situations usually reappraised the incident. They usually attempted to perceive it in a more positive way in their...
Police Suicide – Suicidal Ideation – Causes of Stress 4 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Tony Webster from San Francisco, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth Fight or flight responses are not healthy in police work. The reason is the body does not actually act on most of these reactions. The officer cannot run from...
Police Suicide – Suicidal Ideation – Causes of Stress 3 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Nick.Allen, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth There are two types of psychosocial stress. There is acute stress that comes from an immediate event that only lasts for a short time. This would be what a police officer experiences when involved...
Police Suicide – Suicidal Ideation – Causes of Stress 2 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Shay Sowden, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth As previously shown, studies of police stress are conducted around the world. Departments everywhere seem to experience the same types of stress for their officers. A study in Turkey explains the...
Police Suicide – Suicidal Ideation – Causes of Stress – Saul Roth
Image Credit: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR via Wikimedia CommonsBy Saul Roth Violanti (2008) published another study on police suicide ideation. This study was conducted in a mid-size U.S. police department of 930 officers in 1999. The sample included officers of different...
Police Suicide – Suicidal Ideation 2 – Saul Roth
Image Credit: PixabayBy Saul Roth This study found adults with stressful domestic difficulties, financial problems, legal circumstances, and serious health conditions or more likely than others to contemplate suicide. The victim usually experiences these problems over...
