New Resources for 2026
Academic publications in date order include:
- A paper exploring genetics and trauma from 2014 which sets out the intention for trauma processing research to focus on boosting hippocampal processing.
- A paper describing the implications of the BDNF gene for PTSD from 2017 provides some further evidence suggesting links between genes, the hippocampus and the Policing Brain.
- In 2016 we published a report on the impact of trauma on situational awareness in Police Professional.
- This was followed by the full academic publication in 2017 providing further evidence on the known impact of trauma on navigation.
- In 2019 we published the findings from our trauma processing feasibility study (randomised controlled trial design) with Greater Manchester Police, demonstrating the techniques to be effective in increasing feelings of ease and safety, improving recall, doing no harm and being operationally viable within a police training environment.
- Our 2021 paper on PTSD prevalence in UK policing reports findings from the Policing: The Job & The Life Survey (2018) and in 2022 we published a response to a Plos One article citing this work here.
- In 2022, we published a new paper on job quality, working conditions and post-traumatic stress in the UK Police with the Oxford University Press in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, called 'The Association Between Job Quality and the incidence of PTSD amongst Police Personnel
- The 2022 book "The Policing Mind: Trauma Resilience for a New Era" is available here
- In 2023 we published the Police Traumatic Events Checklist and the peer reviewed paper is here
- Late 2025 saw the collaborative peer-reviewed paper published, Exploring gender differences in policing: the role of workplace social support on the mental health and wellbeing of parents in policing which is available here.
- January 22nd 2026 the NEW book arrives co-authored by Dr Jess- an autobiography of Ash Alexander-Cooper Mindful Soldier with a neuroscience twist and some incredible endorsements from academia and the world of current affairs.
- February 5th 2026 sees Jess' chapter feature in a new book Wellbeing in Policing, edited by Ian Hesketh. Check out Chapter 12 The Policing Mind: Does the Job Make the Brain or the Brain Make the Job?
Other resources include:
Guidance documents: Dr Jess Miller with Prof Chris Brewin (UCL) co-authored with others a short guidance document for the College of Policing on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Policing. In her work with Police Care UK 2017-2024 Jess produced a number of short guides for officers and their families, including advice on how to support loved ones after a critical incident. During the #TITENSummerOfLove 2025 we published a multimedia guidance series for police trauma resilience supported by leading voices. The series was published on LinkedIn and is also available here.
Presentations generated during the Trauma Resilience in UK Policing project are often available online from conference organisers. Click on the following link to access the presentation for the Canterbury Centre for Policing Research (CCPR) Annual Conference 2018: 'Bringing neuroscience research into operational policing'. More recent presentations by Dr Jess include Breaking the Silence webinar: Conversations about mental health and suicide prevention in 2025 for the Police Federation of England and Wales 2025 as well as leadership training for the College of Policing Executive Leadership Programme 2025.
Blogs! In 2018 "Trauma Processing in Operational Policing May Be Closer Than You Think" describes the aspirations of the Trauma Resilience in UK Policing project for the police initiative Oscar Kilo and Jess' own blog through Linked In in 2025 called Trauma Days is a more personal take on what it means to address the key issues of the human mind when living with developmental trauma. You can find these here at Dr Jessica K. (Jess) Miller.
TV and Media Resources also include C4 Dispatches as well as numerous features in documentaries and BBC news coverage, BBC Inside Out, BBC The One Show, and The Sunday Times, and 260Wire to name but a few from 2019 with more to come in January 2026...
Westminster resources include the Select Committee May 2024 as well as numerous questions raised in the House of Commons between 2019 and 2023.