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International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Abstract

As a police officer working for a municipal law enforcement agency, I see that human suffering and gross atrocities occur daily. This exposure creates much heartfelt struggle within me, as well as in other members of police department organizations throughout the United States. The struggle revolves around one's ability to maintain the capability of objectifying people or experiences, which is often necessary in order to protect one's own psyche from such traumatic events, while maintaining enough subjectivity to treat people with compassion, respect, humanity, and forgiveness. In my experience, the internal struggle that members of my organization and I are confronted with routinely is not addressed by the organizational context. For this level of human contact, I have found there is no training or conditioning required by the organization, and no real system in place to help officers develop these skills.

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