TY - JOUR AB - In their everyday work police officers are repeatedly exposed to situations that not only represent a threat to their physical, but also to their mental state. In 1994 the Psychological Service of the Ministry of the Interior established the project "Support for Firearms Use" (= post-shooting), which in 2006 became "Peer Support" – support for stressful events at work. At the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt three students of the course "Police Leadership" dealt with this new project intensively. Issues such as the confidentiality of the conversations, the question of whether the peer support offer is sufficient and helpful and colleagues’ general expectations of the project are considered. AU - Schäffer, Angelika AU - Schneider, Elisabeth DO - 10.7396/IE_2013_D ET - 8/2013 KW - police post-shooting peer support psychological service L1 - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/ie2013/files/Schaeffer_IE_2013.pdf LA - eng IS - International Edition PY - 2013 SN - 1813-3495 SP - 42-50 ST - Peer Support – Support for Stressfull Events in the Austrian Police Force T2 - SIAK-Journal − Journal for Police Science and Practice TI - Peer Support – Support for Stressfull Events in the Austrian Police Force UR - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/ie2013/files/Schaeffer_IE_2013.pdf VL - 3 ID - 431 ER -