“It Does Screw with Your Mental State”

Detachment Services Assistants (DSAs) are non-sworn public servants who perform a variety of administrative and support roles within detachments or specialized units of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Drawing from semi-structured interviews with 54 DSAs, we analyse how DSAs, because of their duties, experience a variety of operational and organizational stressors that can contribute to occupational stress injuries (OSIs). We further …