In the proceeding units we have discussed the role that stress plays in the day to day lives of police officers. For this assignment, we are going to look at the role stress plays in the lives of undercover police officers. In order to complete this assignment, locate a news story about an undercover police officer(s) who is experiencing a professional, psychological, physical and/or criminal issue in which you believe the stress of the job is a contributing factor to that issue.
Please attach the article to your response or provide a working link to the news story.
In a 300 word response, please summarize the news story and discuss how the stress of being a police officer has contributed to situation the officer(s) is in. In your response please make a clear connection between your news story and some of the issues we have spoken about such as the police culture, critical incidents, family issues and any other stressor you believe is pertinent to your news article.