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After a decade as a law enforcement professional and an active amateur boxer, I have come to recognize key similarities between the two
Functional conditioning is training that not only maximizes physical performance, but does so with skills that mimic and can be applied in actual tactical situations
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one therapeutic treatment modality developed to teach people how to identify and overcome negative thought processes
No one is immune to dark thoughts and impulses. Everyone is unique, however, in how frequently they allow these thoughts to intrude and what they do with them when they do
With such difficult and complex legal traps and hurdles to overcome, it becomes legally perilous for officers to intervene in suicidal situations
Deputy Sheriff, shot and injured in the line of duty, champions PTSD coverage as a workers’ comp benefit