Public Safety

In public safety, emotional overload becomes legal exposure.

Police, fire, EMS, dispatch, and corrections operate in environments where trauma exposure is routine, and where a single moment of overload can escalate into incident, scrutiny, and consequence. In these roles, the biggest workforce stability driver is often extended leave: injury leave, stress leave, disability claims, and long recovery periods that tear holes in staffing and readiness.

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What leaders are seeing

Extended absences that break coverage and increase overtime burden
Decision fatigue that increases incident risk under pressure
Escalations and reactive responses when nervous systems are overloaded
Rising legal scrutiny, public pressure, and reputational risk after incidents
High turnover in specialized roles that are hard to replace and train

Many agencies absorb >$2M per site annually in preventable instability costs when absences, turnover, overtime, and disruption compound.

Why traditional approaches fall short

Training and peer programs matter, but without a mechanism to:

Detect rising overload early

Current systems leave this gap open.

Provide real-time stabilization after exposure

Current systems leave this gap open.

Give leadership visibility before leave spikes and incidents occur

Current systems leave this gap open.

Your people show up every day carrying more than anyone should ask.

Recess gives them a system that shows up for them in return, stabilizing the nervous system, reducing the load, and keeping your best people on the floor, in the classroom, and on the line.

How Recess stabilizes public safety systems

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Step 1

Detect

Baseline team strain and exposure risk early.

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Step 2

Relieve

Quick protocols for nervous system stabilization after calls/incidents.

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Step 3

Predict & Prevent

Leadership visibility + actionable recommendations before instability spreads.

Outcomes That Matter

Reduced turnover pressure and fewer instability cascades
Fewer crisis-driven leave patterns over time
Stronger decision quality under pressure
Lower incident risk through earlier intervention and stabilization
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Corrections

Corrections environments concentrate trauma exposure: violence, threat, moral injury, and chronic hypervigilance.

  • Higher burnout velocity
  • Higher leave utilization
  • Higher incident probability under staffing strain

Stability is safety.

Military & Veteran

For many military and veteran populations, seeking mental health support can carry perceived career risk. Recess offers a different pathway:

  • Self-paced
  • Confidential-feeling
  • Non-disruptive
  • Built for real-time stabilization without "stepping out" of role identity

This matters in cultures where people avoid care until they are already in crisis.

30-minute discovery call

If your workforce is exposed to trauma as part of the job, Let's Talk.

In 30 minutes, you'll see how the system works, and whether it fits your environment.

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Or start with the Frontline Emotional Risk Assessment