Some police officers are fighting stress before fighting crime. Peel Regional Police officers in Canada took time to meditate at the West End Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center on April 7 during a lecture on mindfulness and Buddhist philosophy.
“It’s good for the well-being of our officers, particularly with the stress they experience on the job,” Sgt. Lori Blashuk of the force’s Diversity Relations Unit told The Mississauga News. According to the source, the officers at the event were not taken off the road to attend and were rather new recruits in training. “They are on-duty as training,” Insp. Magdi Younan told The Mississauga News. “This was (part of) training. Their duties are to be trained. It was, for lack of a better term, a ‘field trip.’”