7 Ways Mindfulness Could Support Compassionate Policing
Mindfulness may be able to help with that change. It can be a complementary part of broad, comprehensive transformation. Police have been telling Mindful for years that a few things are missing in their training and preparedness. For example, one thing that would help police de-escalate encounters would be methods for regulating stress based on an understanding of how stress operates in the body and mind. Also, many mindfulness teachers focus on uncovering and working with our implicit bias, which if left unexplored can have tragic consequences....