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Police officer at Carson City event says 35 years on the force produced lasting stress
Summary
A Carson City police officer told attendees he has "been a police officer for 35 years," described seeing "horrible things" and called for ways to de-stress and recover from traumatic exposure.
A police officer (speaker S4) told event attendees that decades of service have left a cumulative mental-health burden: "I've been a police officer for 35 years." He said officers frequently "see some horrible things out there and things that we can't unsee," and argued there is a need to find ways to de-stress and recover.
The officer framed that need as practical and ongoing: "We have to find a way to de stress and come back and sometimes it takes a while." Remarks linked first-responder experiences to the broader community discussion about coping tools at the event, but no formal commitments or policy directions were recorded during the session.
Speakers at the event also tied self-care to recovery; later in the program the officer returned to say self-love is foundational to self-care. No departmental official action or funding decisions were announced.
