Marriage as a Cop
One of the most useful observations in Police1’s article, “The Partner at Home: Maintaining a Strong First Responder Marriage, Relationship,” concerns decompression. After a...
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Marriage as a Cop
Most of us, as cops, aren’t struggling in our marriages because we don’t love our spouses. We’re struggling because we don’t always understand precisely...
Marriage as a Cop
Most cops do not ruin their marriage because of one catastrophic moment; we erode it through a thousand badly timed conversations. We walk in...
Marriage as a Cop
Police officers are professional communicators. We write reports that hold up in court, brief supervisors, de-escalate suspects, and testify under pressure. We know how...
Marriage as a Cop
As police officers, we see the worst of people on their worst days. To keep functioning, we learn to armor up – emotionally and...
Marriage as a Cop
Most police couples try to hold their marriage together with two strands: a husband and a wife doing their best under the weight of...
Marriage as a Cop
Law enforcement trains officers to own scenes, control chaos, and never show weakness. That mindset keeps us alive on the street, but it can...
Marriage as a Cop
If you’re a police officer who’s married, you know you didn’t walk into your marriage as a blank slate. You brought your training, your...
Marriage as a Cop
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Marriage as a Cop
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Marriage as a Cop