The Stockton Police Department is utilizing a holistic approach to combat and help the trauma police officers face on a daily basis and it starts with their chaplaincy executive director, Chaplain Jesse Kenyon, San Joaquin County’s only full-time chaplain.
“One of the guys that I trained under, he said, ‘You know, when you’re driving out in the country and you see a possum that’s been squashed on the road, you think, Ah well, you know, it’s an animal that runs around on the ground. But if you saw an eagle on the road and it had been hit by a car, it would break your heart.’ And that’s how I see our officers.”
In his 15th year, the veteran is embedded within the department and embodies a ministry of presence…