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Support for Police Families and Partners
Shift work, disrupted family routines, trauma exposure and concern about risk can affect partners, children and other relatives as well as the person in uniform.
Police Work Can Follow People Home
Oscar Kilo’s family resources are designed for people who have a family member or close friend working in policing. Topics include shift work, sleep, communication, understanding stress and trauma, healthy living and helping children understand police work.
Where Families Can Start
- Oscar Kilo’s Family Life hub for practical family guidance.
- Police Care UK when a family has been affected by harm connected with policing.
- Local force family networks, occupational-health or wellbeing teams where available.
- Ordinary GP/NHS services when a family member needs health or mental-health support.
Families are part of police wellbeing.
The Police Covenant explicitly recognises support for the wider policing community and families, not only serving officers.