Persistent exposure to death and trauma puts firefighters, police officers, dispatchers, and paramedics at increased risk for negative mental health symptoms. In this edition of River to River , host Ben Kieffer asks first responders how they go about tackling those challenges and how they get support for post-traumatic stress and depression related to their work. Then, we examine why interest in becoming a police officer is down dramatically across the country as well as here in Iowa, and what