Prague city police to improve care for officers' mental health
Ludvík Klema, director of Prague City Police (MPP), plans to improve the mental health of serving officers by putting in place a system that would combine regular training with individual consultations. According to Mr. Klema, poor law enforcement on the streets is demotivating, and some officers are leaving the service because they cannot withstand the extreme psychological pressure that the job puts on them.
"Not everyone can handle being cursed at by people every day. Society has reached a point where ordinary people take out their frustration on officers. Moreover, officers in Prague are often the first to be called to various accidents and disasters," Mr. Klema commented. The MPP already employs psychologists, but in his view, there are not enough of them. He would therefore hire more experts and introduce regular mandatory courses.