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Irish_Dem

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5. This is why psychologists are typically asked to do an evaluation

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 09:48 AM

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to determine fitness for duty, the officer must be cleared to return to work.

Sometimes counseling is necessary which might successfully work through the trauma.

Sometimes not. And the person is not cleared and goes on disability or seeks new employment.
Sometimes the person can go back to work but in a capacity where there is no contact
with the public.

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