LEMAS Supplement Survey – Response to Police Suicide que

Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Collection Activities

Attachment B Police Suicide instrument

Cognitive interviewing for the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) supplement survey

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Attachment B: LEMAS Supplement Survey – Response to Police Suicide questionnaire



Current Programs

The first questions ask about formal wellness programs currently available to full-time sworn personnel within your agency. For this survey, please define a formal wellness program as: a program intended to reduce factors that interfere with employee physical and/or mental health by providing resources, training, and/or intervention services.

1. In the calendar year 2022 (that is, January 1 through December 31, 2022), did your agency offer any of the following formal wellness programs for use by full-time, sworn personnel? If no formal wellness programs were offered to full-time sworn personnel, please select the applicable Not Offered category for each program and skip to Question 4.


If managed by agency

If managed by government

Not offered


Yes, managed directly within the agency

Yes, through agency contract with external partner

If either agency option is Yes, since what year? If more than one program, enter the origination date of the oldest program that was still active in 2022.

Yes, managed by government

No such program available in 2022; don’t intend to make available within 2023

No such program available in 2022, but intend to make available at some point within 2023

Physical fitness







General stress management







Coping skills to manage trauma







Psychological and mental health care treatment







Nutrition and dietary education







Alcohol and chemical dependency treatment







Peer support programs







Support for families of sworn personnel







Financial literacy education







Fatigue management







Other ______









1a. IF any YES Q1: What is your agency’s estimated budget dedicated to formal wellness programs in calendar year 2022? $XXX,XXX,XXX

1b. IF any YES Q1: How many total full-time agency employees work in wellness programs as their primary responsibility as of December 31, 2022? Please provide separate counts for sworn and non-sworn full-time agency employees. Sworn: ____ Non-Sworn: _____



2. For the formal wellness programs offered in the calendar year 2022, does your agency collect and regularly assess (i.e., every month, quarter, or year) data on the number of officers served by each program?


Yes

No

N/A, program not offered in 2022 or data not available to agency

Physical fitness




General stress management




Coping skills to manage trauma




Psychological and mental health care treatment




Nutrition and dietary education




Alcohol and chemical dependency treatment




Peer support programs




Support for families of sworn personnel




Financial literacy education




Fatigue management




Other ______






3. Are any of the formal wellness programs offered in the calendar year 2022 available confidentially?


Yes

No

N/A, program not offered in 2022

Physical fitness




General stress management




Coping skills to manage trauma




Psychological and mental health care treatment




Nutrition and dietary education




Alcohol and chemical dependency treatment




Peer support programs




Support for families of sworn personnel




Financial literacy education




Fatigue management




Other ______






Current Policies and Training

4. Does your agency mandate any of the following policies for full-time sworn personnel?


Yes

No

Regularly scheduled (e.g., annually, quarterly) psychological evaluations



Response protocols after critical incidents that occurred on-duty (e.g., officer involved shooting)



Response protocols after critical incidents that occurred off-duty (e.g., death in family, divorce)



Officer allowed access to service weapon while off-duty



Temporarily reduced access to service weapon when an officer is considered at a higher risk of suicide





5. Are any of the following full-time sworn personnel provided training on potential warning signs of depression and suicide risk?


Yes

No

N/A

Chief executive




Intermediate supervisor (below chief executive and above sergeant or first-line supervisor)




Sergeant or equivalent first-line supervisor




Deputies/Officers






6. Is suicide awareness training a part of your agency’s curriculum for…


Yes

No

Don’t Know

N/A (agency does not operate an academy)

Academy or field training?





Post-academy or in-service training?





Exit interviews with retiring or departing sworn personnel?







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