While carrying out any job, a person may encounter things that may shock them. Many men and women who choose a career as a police officer may often suffer from PTSD due to the levels of violence they see in their daily lives. If a person has already suffered from traumatic experiences in their life, they may be at greater risk for PTSD (Risk, 2010). Police officers who suffer from PTSD may also act differently towards citizens and in other aspects of their work. In many cities there may be a large number of police officers who contract PTSD as a result of their law enforcement careers. PTSD also affects how a person lives, acts, and how they will continue their life after something disturbing happens. There are various ways a person can develop this disorder and various ways to live with it. Post-traumatic stress disorder was first found in American soldiers who had been traumatized during wars as it can develop when someone has experienced or seen a traumatic event. and felt, according to Nancy Davis, "intense fear, helplessness, or horror." Many officers can contract PTSD from life-threatening situations such as shootings, fires and car accidents. These incidents can cause the development of more severe PTSD that is more difficult to treat than less severe cases. Police officers experience high levels of stress throughout their working day. This stress can affect their families and even their work ethic. High levels of stress can be another factor of PTSD because when officers have witnessed disturbing events they can cause stress due to that event. Many officials may suffer from problems of... middle of paper... in fact, it can overwhelm them and can cause them to make a corrupt decision. Additionally, seeing disturbing events can cause a person to take responsibility for becoming depressed and feel guilty about it, which can cause family and work relationships to be different due to how the person reacts. Post-traumatic stress disorder can vary depending on gender. and sometimes even ethnic origins. After studying the roles of gender and ethnicity in posttraumatic stress in police officers, “we found that self-identified Hispanic American officers had greater PTSD symptoms than both self-identified European American and self-identified African American officers.” (Risk, 2010) . Hispanic American officers were found to have greater wishful thinking and self-blame, less social support, and greater perceptions of racism were important variables (Risk, 2010).