Upcoming Webinar: Managing psychological support within law enforcement organizations: Preliminary results of the RIPTOP project

Managing psychological support within law enforcement organizations: Preliminary results of the RIPTOP project

Date and time: Wednesday 13 September 2023, 11 am CST

It has been proven that being exposed to potentially traumatic events while performing their duties can have a psychological impact on police officers. Yet, evidence from scientific research and communities of practice is still unclear, especially when it comes to posttraumatic support. Who needs to do what, and how? Are there response times to comply with? What roles do the organization, the manager and the union representative play? The preliminary results presented during this webinar seek to identify the best preventive practices, with regard to psychological support for police officers, taking into account individual, peri-traumatic and organizational challenges. 

Presented by:

Andrée-Ann Deschênes, MBA, Ph. D.
Andrée-Ann Deschênes has a doctorate in work psychology and is a professor at the École de gestion de l’Université du Québec à Trois–Rivières. As part of the public security management programs team, she trains the managers of today and tomorrow. She is a joint holder of the Chaire de recherche UQTR–ENPQ sur la prévention en santé psychologique au travail en sécurité publique (research chair in prevention of psychological health at work in public safety). Andrée-Ann is also a regular researcher at the International Center for Comparative Criminology. Her work, funded and distributed at national and international levels, covers management psychology within public safety organizations, especially the protection of psychological health in law enforcement work environments.

The RIPTOP project (research intervention after-trauma within police organizations), funded by the SSHRC, is done in collaboration with Annie Gendron—ENPQ, Marie-France Marin—UQAM and Clémence Emeriau Farges—UQTR.

This webinar will be presented in French with the option of English subtitles.

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