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Safety and Health Information and Education for Law Enforcement Departments: Annotated Bibliography

NCJ Number
241742
Date Published
July 2012
Length
68 pages
Annotation
This annotated bibliography provides links to occupational health and safety resources for law enforcement.
Abstract
Law enforcement occupational health and safety has received increased attention in recent years, due partially to the growing number of officer shootings and fatalities, and to the H1N1 pandemic that found local law enforcement and public health agencies working together, some for the first time. This bibliography serves as a starting point for those interested in learning more about law enforcement and occupational health. In the near future, a website will be launched that contains resources, actual plans, timely articles and templates from other agencies, and more. This project began by searching for occupational health and safety resources that were specific to law enforcement. Once those were collected, the search was broadened to include other resources that could be applicable to public safety employees. Resources are grouped into categories that closely aligned with those used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): diseases (e.g., influenza, heart disease, mental illness, blood disorders); hazards (e.g., weather, insects, nuclear/biological/chemical, air quality); safety (e.g., injury, eye/ear safety, protective gear, resources for canine and mounted officers); and emergency preparedness (e.g., pandemic influenza, SARS, Hurricane Katrina). Then, whenever possible, resources are grouped by type: journal articles/monographs (articles/monographs for which only an abstract is available at no cost are highlighted in blue); signs and posters; videos and podcasts.