Stress is a cumulative response to exposure to threatening, fearful, or chaotic scenes. It is especially important that police officers can quickly assess violent scenes to offer the best and most prompt action. Active shooter protocols need that teams of officers are not distracted in their search for the shooter sometimes stepping over victims along the way. It can become exceedingly difficult unless they are disciplined. “Officers are trained to be vigilant and alert. The job demands it. The fight/flight mechanism that keeps us on guard plays a primary role on how people feel after episodes of high stress. Police officers are no different.  Feelings of frustration, lack of focus, chronic fatigue, and even depression can result from an over reliance social media like an unfed addiction. Therein lies the malignancy that can be attributed to the human stress response. No one is immune from its impact and there is a price to pay when our brains can’t turn off images and the media.