“ OFFICER STRESS AWARENESS EXTERNALIZING PROBLEMS ” 1976 POLICE OFFICER TRAINING FILM BF10125

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This late 1970's police training film called “Officer Stress Awareness; Externalizing Problems” is part of a three part series designed to operate as a catalyst for group discussion among active and pre-service police officers. Research shows law enforcement positions are of the most stressful occupations in relation to the overall impact on the subject’s physical and mental health as well as their personal relationships. It pinpoints major sources of stress while examining various mental defense mechanisms used by officers to cope with pressures from their positions. It shows negative side effects of the world including denial of real emotions, overly aggressive badge behavior, impersonal attitude and displaced aggression. It features officers of the Springfield Massachusetts Dept.

The film opens with a briefing on a recent robbery (:40). Officers look grim over news of a fallen peer (1:21). A pair of officer’s head off on patrol (1:51). The narrator addresses the perceived image of the super cop portrayed by the media (2:12) and the difficultly to uphold this image as an officer. A group congregates outside of the apartment complex Windsor Court (2:24). Repression of natural human emotion is discussed. An officer approaches the rowdy crowd (2:48); tensions escalate as one man is handcuffed (3:00). Some of the gang bounce on the hood of the car (3:24) as the car prepares to leave. The film was written and developed by George Kirkham (3:43). Contributing psychologists include Martin Reiser, William Kores and Michael Roberts (3:47). Morton bard (4:07) discusses reaction formation and masking of surface emotions (4:49). Two officers discuss sports news (5:19). They spot the Plymouth involved in the robbery discussed in the morning briefing; officers begin to tail the car and radio dispatch the location (5:34). One overtly confident officer (5:45) makes the call to pull over the armed suspects. The super cop mentality is again referred to. A car chase swings around the bend (6:31). An officer drops from a shotgun wound (7:23). A motorcycle cops siren wails (7:50) in a traffic stop involving a 1975 Buick Century. Interactions between driver and officer are fairly hostile resulting in naturally occurring unpleasant emotions (8:17). Two officers pull up to a local lounge (9:12). Officers take a call in a rowdy bar (9:36). Perpetrators curse and resist arrest (10:07). Officers take a call over a dead body; the pair inspect a gunshot wound on the right side of the head (10:43). Shells are located casings from a .38 (10:48). Anxiety from frequent encounters with danger and death is expressed (11:02). Many officers attempt to neutralize the stress experienced (11:27). An officer on patrol expresses anxiety over drawing attention to their patrol vehicle (12:20) displaying "inappropriate" emotions to his partner. Repression of emotions is discussed (13:00). A cop arrives on the scene of a two car pileup (13:13). The motorist shows irritable and hurried emotions. Later a superior position officer looks over the report (14:43) noting errors. He is reprimanded for errors, pressures of work (15:13). Unwanted emotions must be masked; displaced aggression is discussed (15:29). An officer writing tickets for parked cars radios (15:52) the station. He expresses irritability to the dispatch officer (16:00). Release of the anger is then expressed towards inanimate objects (16:26). On a routine call; one officer clears the area (16:41). Unresolved emotions lead to feelings of futility (17:14). Two patrol officers discuss a scenario including active mob members during which an officer’s weapon was taken from (18:33). Patrol cars respond to another call over the rowdy gang at Windsor Court (19:48); the narrator mentions suppressed emotions unreleased from the first encounter. Upon arrival, an officer is hit (20:16). Sirens wail, back up vehicles swing in (20:21). An officer arrives at a house call over a potential prowler (21:01). The house owner’s frustration is met with unprofessional irritability and humor from the officer (21:55) show casing the importance of controlling external reactions. This film was produced with the cooperation of the Springfield Massachusetts Police Department (22:46). 

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