The relationship between the level of professional burnout and stress resistance among security personnel with different terms of service

The current state of the features of the professional activity of correctional officers is considered one of the most difficult and dangerous, especially for services that perform non-military services with weapons. The fact that employees have firearms with them during their service radically distinguishes their official duties from the work of other departments and services. As practice shows, even employees with long seniority may not always correctly anticipate and prevent the occurrence of crisis situations that may arise in circumstances specific to criminal enforcement activities: continuous readiness to act in an extreme situation (hostage-taking, escapes, riots, group disobedience, etc.), an increased level of danger to human life and health (the likelihood of using weapons to kill). All of the above places special requirements on the training of this category of employees, including psychological. Of no small importance is the development of the mental stability of the employees of the security department of the penitentiary service to the stress factors of professional activity, such as strict legal regulations, service with weapons, high responsibility for decisions made, service in any weather conditions, violation of sleep and wakefulness, etc.