The results showed that Indian police officers are exposed to moderately stressful situations in the workplace. Major stressors include incidents perceived to affect career development, incidents involving the use of weapons, the threat of personal injury or death of a colleague, and poor police management practices. GO's reported coping with stress by listening to music, exercising, spending time with their family or friends, and reading. OR's reported that they coped with stress by discussing the situation with a concerned person, smoking, praying, listening to music, and watching television. 6 tables and 20 references