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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

‘Trauma trackers’ to monitor toll of job on police officers in England and Wales

Police officers near police tape and emergency vehicles
Police officers attending the scene of a stabbing in Golders Green, north London Photograph: James Veysey/Shutterstock

Policing in England and Wales faces a reckoning over the levels of trauma experienced by officers and staff as “trauma tracker” tools are to be mandated by ministers to ensure the psychological toll caused by exposure to death, abuse and neglect is recorded.

A Home Office white paper published in January outlined a legislative push to make trauma monitoring systems mandatory across all 43 forces in England and Wales.

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