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A chaplain program for first responders in Marble Falls will launch soon, providing additional support for on and off-duty officers. Spearheaded by the Marble Falls Police Department, the program focuses on the mental well-being of the force’s employees.
Over the past two years, the department has made a conscious effort to address mental health issues caused by work-related traumas, previously a taboo topic in the field, Assistant Police Chief Glenn Hanson said.
“When I entered the field in 1990, you didn’t talk about (mental health),” Hanson explained. “Everybody knew (the effects of the job) made some folks alcoholics and made other folks depressed, but nobody talked about it. That has changed, and that’s for the good.”