Police department personnel stress resilience training: an institutional case study (2014)
The objective of this case study was to test the impact in law enforcement personnel of an innovative self-regulation and resilience building program delivered via an app and personal mentoring. The Stress Resilience Training System (SRTS) intervention included an initial 2-hr training session, 6 weeks of individual access to the SRTS app (including information on stress, heart rate variability biofeedback, and self-regulation techniques embedded in a game-based format), and four, 1-hr telephone coaching sessions over a 4-week period. Emotional vitality was significantly increased pre-to-post intervention,
and physical stress significantly decreased. Open-ended feedback revealed that the participants were transferring the skills learned in the app to real-life.