Cops Don't Cry: A Book of Help and Hope for Police Families

Cops Don't Cry: A Book of Help and Hope for Police Families by Stone, Vali. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780921165620.

Policing is a consuming profession with incredibly high elements of stress. Research suggests that police divorce rates are more than double the national average of ordinary marriages. The spouses fear of physical danger, adjusting to shift work, transfers and changes in the officers personality are only a few of the contributing factors, but the most crucial problem is the breakdown of communication within the relationship. From the beginning of the officers careers they are trained to control their emotions, and thus are accused of being cold-hearted. Spouses agree that law enforcement officers grapple with the real-life horrors on the job and that the bitter belief that cops dont cry is sadly untrue.