Death Notifications

• A police chaplain receives training in delivering death notifications to a deceased's next of kin and is prepared to deal with a variety of emotional responses from shock and denial to anger and violence.
  
  

Stress Management

• Police chaplains are trained to recognize symptoms of excess stress in the police department staff and can offer options to manage the stress to prevent negative consequences of stress for the police staff.
  
  

Funerals

• Police chaplains are trained to officiate and perform funeral services and memorial services for officers who were killed in the line of duty.
  
  

Suicide

• Police chaplains receive training on how to properly handle the suicide of an officer or a citizen, offering emotional assistance to loved ones during crisis.
  
  

Requirements

• Each police department has its own training requirements for chaplains to complete prior to becoming official police chaplains. Training times can run from a one-day seminar combined with prior pastoral experience to more extensive study, such as college coursework.