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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 338 997 CG 023 818 TITLE On the Front Lines: Police Stress and Family Well-Being. Hearing before the the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session. Printed for the Use of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. REPORT NO ISBN-0-16-035316-5 PUB DATE 20 May 91 NOTE 117p. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage, DESCRIPTORS *Family Problems; Hearings; *Police; *Stress Variables; *Well Being IDENTIFIERS Congress 102nd ABSTRACT Testimony from a Congressional hearing on police stress and how it affects the well-being of the officers, their families.and their work, is presented in this document. An opening statement by Representative Patricia Schroeder is presented. Statements are included from Representatives Frank D. Riggs, George Miller, and Frank R. Wolf. Testimony and/or prepared statements from these individuals are included: (1) Beverly J. Anderson, clinical director/program administrator, the Metropolitan Police Employee Assistance Program, Washington, D.C.;(2) Anthony E. Daniels, assistant director, Training Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia;(3) Leanor Boulin Johnson, associate professor of family studies, Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona;(4) Jeffrey A. King, officer and peer counselor coordinator, the Metropolitan Police Employee Assistanle Program, Washington, D.C.; (5) James T. Reese, supervisory special agent, Assistant Unit Chief, Behavioral Science Services Unit, Training Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia;(6) Cathy Riggs, former police officer, Santa Rosa Police Department and wife of Representative Frank Riggs (former police officer), Santa Rosa, California;(7) Ellen Scrivner, director, Psychological Services Division, Prince George's County Police Department, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and president elect, Division of Psychologists in Public Service, the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.;,(8) Gary W. Sommers, sergeant, training services, Prince George's County Police Department, Landover, Maryland, accompanied by Kay Sommers, Landover, Maryland;(9) Aristedes W. Zavaras, chief, Denver Police Department, Denver, Colorado;(10) Suzanne F. Sawyer, executive director, Concerns of Police Survivors, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; and (11) William K. Stover, police chief, Arlington County Police Department, Arlington, Virginia. (ABL) ON THE FRONT LINES: POLICE STRESS AND FAMILY WELLBEING HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 20, 1991 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families U 8. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of I dor [Mona! Hesearuh and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RUSOUROES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) XRhs docurhthrt has been teproduced as 'pc-I./pied from the person or organization oriyinafing 1 Mwo«:hanges hare been mad(. to improve regooduchon quality Points of view o«vincons staled in this dor u mere do not necessarily represent official OUR) position or policy U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 45-659 WASHINGTON : 1991 For Sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington. DC 20402-9328 ISBN 0-16-035316-5 2 46-659 0 -91 - 1 BEST COPY AVAILABLE SELECT WMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado, Chairwoman GEORGE MILLER, California FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois MATTHEW F. McHUGH, New York CLYDE C. HOLLOWAY, Louisiana TED WEISS, New York CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania BERYL ANTHONY,JR.,Arkansas LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas BARBARA BOXER, California JAMES T. WALSH, New York SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Rhode Island J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia BOB McEWEN, Ohio GERRY SIKORSKI, Minnesota MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida ALAN WHEAT, Missouri SCOTT L. KLUG, Wisconsin MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California RICHARD JOHN SANTORUM, Pennsylvania LANE EVANS, Illinois DAVE CAMP, Michigan RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois FRANK D. RIGGS, California DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado BILL BARRETT, Nebraska BILL SARPALIUS, Texas TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan JOAN KELLY HORN, Missouri JIM BACCHUS, Florida DOUGLAS "PETE" PETERSON, Florida ROBERT E. "BUD" CRAMER,J/L,Alabama COMM/WEE STAFF KARABELLE PIZZIGATT,Staff Director JILLKAGAN,Deputy Staff Director DANIELLEMADISON,Minority Staff Director CAROL M. STATUTO,Minority Deputy Staff Director :3 CONTENTS Page Hearing held in Washington, DC, May 20, 1991 1 Statement of: Anderson, Beverly J., M.A., C.A.C., clinical director/program administra- tor, the Metropolitan Police Employee Assistance Program, Washing- ton, DC 61 Daniels, Anthony E.assistantdirector, Training Division,Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, VA 81 Johnson, Leanor Boulin, Ph.D., associate professor of family studies, De- partment of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 32 King, Jeffrey A., officer and peer counselor coordinator, the Metropolitan Police Employee Assistance Program, Washington, DC 63 Reese, James T., Ph.D., supervisory special agent, Assistant Unit Chief, Behavioral Science Services Unit, Training Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, VA 82 Riggs, Cathy, former police officer, Santa Rosa Police Department and wife of Representative Frank Riggs (former police officer), Santa Rosa, CA 28 Scrivner, Ellen, Ph.D., director, Psychological Services Division, Prince George's County Police Department, Upper Marlboro, MD, and presi- dent elect, Division of Psychologists in Public Service, the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 10 Sommers, Gary W., sergeant, training services, Prince George's County Police Department, Landover, MD, accompanied by Kay Sommers, Laurel, MD 7 Zavaras, Aristedes W., chief, Denver Police Department, Denver, CO 71 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera: Anderson, Beverly J., M.A., C.A.C., Clinical Director/program administra- tor, and officer Jeffrey A. King, Peer Counselor Coordinator, prepared statement of 65 Daniels, Anthony E.assistantdirector, Training Division,Federal Bureau of Investigation, accompanied by Dr. James T. Reese, superviso- ry special agent, Assistant Unit Chief, Behavioral Science Services Unit, Training Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Quantico, a VA, prepared statement of 85 Johnson, Lecinor Boulin, Ph.D., associate professor of family studies, De- partment of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ: Preparedstatement of 36 Response to request from Chairwoman Patricia Schroeder 113 Miller, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, prepared statement of 102 Riggs, Cathy, former police officer, Santa Rosa Police Department; wife of Representative Frank Riggs (former police officer), Santa Rosa, CA, prepared statement of 30 Sawyer, Suzanne F., executive director, Concerns of Police Survivors, Upper Marlboro, MD, prepared statement of 105 Schroeder, Hon. Patricia, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado and chairwoman, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: "On The Front Lines: Police Stress and Family Well-Being," a fact sheet 3 Opening statement of 1 4 IV Page Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et ceteraContinued Scrivner, Ellen, Ph.D., director, Psychological Services Division, Prince George's County Police Department, Upper Marlboro, MD, president elect of the Division of Psychologists in Public Service of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, prepared statement of 13 Sommers, Sergeant Gary, training services, Prince George's County Police Department, Landover, MD, prepared statement of 9 Stover, William K., police chief, Arlington County Police Department, Arlington, VA, prepared statement of 109 Wolf, Hon. Fran lc R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia, and ranking minority member, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, prepared statement of 102 Zavaras, Aristedes W., chief, Denver Police Department, Denver, CO, prepared statement of 73 ON THE FRONT LINES: POLICE STRESS AND FAMILY WELL-BEING MONDAY, MAY 20, 1991 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES, Washington, DC The select committee met, pursuant to call, at 9:30a.m., in Room 2322, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Patricia Schroeder [chairwoman of the select committee] presiding. Members present: Representatives Schroeder, Smith, Riggs and Barrett. Staff present: Karabelle Pizzigati, staff director; Jill Kagan, deputy staff director; Julie Shroyer, professional staff;Thomas Brooks, professional staff; Danielle Madison, minoritystaff direc- tor; Carol Statuto, minority deputy staff director; ElizabethMaier, professioinal staff; and Joan Godley, committee clerk. Chairwoman SCHROEDER. Let me call the hearing to order. Congressman Riggs and I have decidedwe are not too awake, but we are going to see what we can. We have been wandering around on the wrong floor. We thank you very much for being here this morning. Wewant