; 131 Stat. 2276), the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice developed a report (referred to in this section as the LEMHWA report ) that expressed that many law enforcement agencies do not have the capacity or local access to the mental health professionals necessary for treating their law enforcement officers. (9) The LEMHWA report recommended methods for establishing remote access or regional mental health check programs at the State or Federal level. (10) Individual police and fire departments generally do not have the resources to employ full-time mental health experts who are able to treat public safety officers with state-of-the-art techniques for the purpose of treating job-related post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder. 3. Programming for post-traumatic stress disorder (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Public safety officer The term public safety officer — (A) has the meaning given the term in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10284 ); and (B) includes Tribal public safety officers. (2) Public safety telecommunicator The term public safety telecommunicator means an individual who— (A) operates telephone, radio, or other communication systems to receive and communicate requests for emergency assistance at 911 public safety answering points and emergency operations centers; (B) takes information from the public and other sources relating to crimes, threats, disturbances, acts of terrorism, fires, medical emergencies, and other public safety matters