In today's episode, we speak with David McGowan and Mick Cummings from Police Veterans Victoria.

David is the CEO of Police Veterans Victoria and Mick is a police veteran who has a journeyed with PTSD. The two highlight the lack of support available for police veteran’s journeying with PTSD and the lack of national approach to the issue.

Police Veterans Victoria is a not-for-profit organization that supports Victorian police veterans and their families. It is one of just a few independent organizations assisting to close the gap of this issue.

In the episode David and Mick highlight the lack of fairness in support for police veterans comparatively to other sectors like military, the challenges of officers coming forward to get help, the lack of political support for the issue, and the situations police are subjected to daily that brings on PTSD.     

“The support mechanisms just aren't there, and I know that defense...That support has come from a hundred plus years of history and multiple theaters of war and conflict, what we ask for is the same consideration be made for police” - David McGowan on this episode of Wellbeing

Tune in Tomorrow where we speak with a retired Boston police officer about his PTSD journey. 

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