Is There Something Going on at Home?

Amazing documentary! We all know about police officers through watching COPS or live PD or some other law enforcement show! We see police officers as the unsung hero's of our community but what does this come at a price? What Police Officers deal with on a daily basis destroys lives and what this film does is illustrate the daily struggles that these selfless human beings bring home with them. The countless trauma that the men and women behind the badge have to live with on a daily basis is the showcase of this powerful documentary bringing the personalized stories of several of these hero's lives told in a raw documentary!

This is another on-target documentary by Jason Harney and Lightning Digital Entertainment. Real conversations, hard conversations with law enforcement officers, families and a therapist address the stuff no one sees in the news after the headlines fade. Cumulative stress and trauma don't disappear at the door when the officer's shift is over; they don't even disappear when the officer retires. This film addresses the way those traumas and the normal, physical and emotional reactions to them wear on the officers and their families. It calls for realistic solutions, to save families and the job.

For more than a century, the concept of trauma has been known about but relegated to the battlefield and only spoken about in whispers and with shame. With the war in Viet Nam, shell shock and battle fatigue came out of the closet as "post traumatic stress disorder" and began to be diagnosed, studied and treated by the psychiatric profession. Police departments, however, have been slow to talk about or openly recognize the toll that stress takes on their officers. The officers too, fearing stigma or worse have often kept their suffering hidden from their superiors and fellow officers. With tasteful and heartbreaking honesty, in this documentary by award winning filmmakers Jason Harney and Deborah Luis Ortiz veteran police officers and their families share their stories of the toll taken by the extreme and unrelenting stress of their careers. This film should be on the shelves of every police department and academy. It could save marriages, suffering and, ultimately, lives.

Filmmaker Jason Harney likes to expose things in law enforcement culture that are difficult to talk about or some people would rather ignore. He does so with the intention of bringing awareness and foster solutions. His latest dive here, "Is There Something Going on at Home?" is along that same line and has some extraordinary material for the viewer to wrestle with.

Harney's filmmaking expertise continues to impress and reveal that he's a natural. From the cinematography to the soundtrack, the scripting to the editing, and all of the technical aspects in between, Harney has has fully transformed himself from being a lifelong cop to being a well reviewed and award winning filmmaker.

"Is There Something Going on at Home?" explores the mental well being of some of our everyday heroes and forces the viewer to ask some tough questions. It also does a good job of bringing the lens of humanity upon our law enforcers. Highly recommend for everyone.

This documentary will open your eyes to the terrible truths behind the lives of a lot of first responders and their families. It takes a special person to enter into this career field. It simply cannot be done by most people and those who choose to do it, suffer in silence a lot of the time, along with their family members. The documentary shows the lives of real first responders and their family members along with the living hell they all went through. They explain in detail how they made it through the tough times, but not without exposing their wounds for all to see and show the scars left behind. PLEASE watch this!