This week’s Oregonian featured a multi-part series, Mindfulness in policing, on a mindfulness-based resiliency training (MBRT) program that the Hillsboro Police Department has been operating for its officers. As Hillsboro Police Lt. Richard Goerling put it, “being a cop kills you.” So he worked with fellow officers and local meditation experts to develop a program that is intended to help officers manage stress and also become better police officers. According to Goerling, “mindful cops are better listeners and make better decisions. They are more mentally healthy.”

• Hillsboro cops look inward to keep the peace (first in a series) (Apr 3)
• Hillsboro cops forge revolutionary path with meditation training (Apr 4)
• The cost of building resiliency in Hillsboro cops (Apr 4)
• Meditating Marines inspire Hillsboro Sgt. Rohn Richards to try the practice (Apr 5)
• Meditation brings ‘old-school’ Hillsboro cop, Sgt. Bruce Kelley, tranquility (Apr 5)