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• Compass project helps first responders focus on wellness

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  West Virginia’s opioid crisis sparks launch of initiatives to support mental and physical health among fire and police personnel

• Book Excerpt: ‘Super-Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19’

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  The personal risks and magnitude of suffering with the pandemic are something no one should have to face alone

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  Documenting COVID-19 exposures with Mark43 can help command staff strategically deploy limited resources

• What is mindfulness?

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  Mindfulness techniques can help ease stress and lead to better overall officer wellness. 

• How police leadership can respond to officer mental health crises

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  Officers need to be able to trust that the leaders of their organizations recognize the stigmas attached to accessing mental health treatment

• 9 steps to creating a culture that supports officer mental wellness

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  An FOP survey found that 90% of officers believe there is still a stigma that prevents cops from seeking help for emotional or behavioral health issues

• How a nonprofit is on a mission to reduce police suicides, eliminate mental health stigma

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  Blue H.E.L.P. provides comfort, support and honor to families who have lost an officer to suicide

• Your safety starts long before the threat appears

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  Officers should prepare ahead for emotional threats so they can more easily get back to a place of safety and strength

• We take care of our own: Enter your agency’s safety or wellness program in the National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards

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  Through the Destination Zero program, NLEOMF and DOJ help cops come together to encourage and support officer safety and wellness

• Chaplains provide support as police, paramedics respond to ND homicides

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  The Crisis Care Chaplaincy program provided a debriefing with Metro-Area Ambulance and the Mandan Fire Department

• Feeling stressed out? Here’s some advice from therapists who’ve taught officers how to cope

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  With officer suicide rates on the rise, it’s time for us to pay closer attention to the dangers of stress

• Connecting with faith to achieve balance

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  Sometimes an officer’s spiritual side is silenced by the very nature of the job, by the violent and traumatic incidents that they regularly witness

• Long-term healing after a school shooting: How LE can assist

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  After a school shooting, the community’s guard is up and calls for service increase for disturbances and suspicious activity

• The importance of emotional wellness in criminal justice

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  Officers must keep their minds sharp and be able to analyze situations quickly and effectively so that they—and their colleagues—return home safely

• Why cops should add strategic mental imagery to their repertoire

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  Tactical mental imagery gets us through the day, but strategic mental imagery gets us through the night