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Showing Original Post only (View all)Some officers at Newtown so traumatized they are not working. [View all]
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/26/newtown-police-officers-time-off-paycheck_n_2366489.html
HARTFORD, Conn. Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday.
The union, Council 15 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is seeking more generous assistance in talks with the town's insurer. It is also reaching out to lawmakers and the governor's office with proposals to modify state law and expand workers' compensation benefits for officers who witness horrific crime scenes....more
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if you have PSTD, you might feel your reactions to stressful things might be different.
bettyellen
Feb 2013
#4
No wonder those poor guys are traumatized. God love them. Imagine to see such horror
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#3
There are some jobs are just not worth it. They deserve all the pay they can get.
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#13
That's contrary to the prevailing view of PTSD as a NORMAL human reaction to traumatic events
pinboy3niner
Feb 2013
#23