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The Indian Police Journaland the society served. Meaningfulness in life and stress resiliencyenables such individuals to process the emotional pain and evil moreeffectively. These are the forces that determine their effectiveness inperson with a damaged spirit, who cannot serve the public, performits personnel to high levels of stress, which ultimately affect their abilityto perform. However, what matters is not the amount of stress, buthow an individual takes his life and copes with stress. The inner senseof purpose and meaning towards life together with a skill to functionmental health.Conclusionhave meaning in their life, show good mental health. Personnel,who are high on stress resilience from stressful situations, show good & technical skills to do their job, but receive no training to equipthemselves with skills to help them maintain their psychological andphysiological equilibrium in their stressful job. If Police personnel havethe responsibility to protect society at large, then it is very essential toprovide them training to help them regain their inner strength and abalance in their personal and professional lives. It is important to havea healthy police service that serves as an important contribution to thestability and growth of a country.•References1. Alexander, C. (1999). “Police Psychological Burnout and Trauma”. InJ.M. Violanti & D. Paton (Eds.) Police Trauma: Psychology Aftermath of27,375-400.146 January - March, 2013