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RECENT EXPERT ARTICLES
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Mental health and resilience training is moving upstream as cadet programs prepare future officers before they ever enter an academy
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When the wrong officer is put in the training role, the damage doesn’t show up right away — but it shapes how new cops think, act and do the job for years
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