Healing Beyond the Badge: Overcoming Institutional Betrayal in Public Safety
When a first responder steps into danger on the street, they rely on a psychological contract: I have the department's back, and the department has mine. But when an agency breaks that trust whether through administrative betrayal, cover-ups, moral injury, or lack of support during a crisis the impact isn't just frustrating. It is deeply traumatic. Organizational betrayal, also known as institutional betrayal, cuts directly to the core of a first responder's identity, values, and sense of...
