Fitness & Health
Law enforcement training should incorporate building the resiliency of recruits to help develop the psychological and tactical armor to adjust and adapt to fluid situations
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The department is working on a new exam with more “functional” movements, like a body drag and jumping over walls
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Officer Emily Healy found herself uniquely qualified for a call last week
If troopers fail this waistline requirement, they could be denied promotions, assignments or overtime
“[In the movies], there’s no emotional impact at all. That’s just not the case,” said former deputy Jim Creed
Katie Slifko has no doubt that police work killed her husband. Now she’s raising awareness for job-related PTSD so that others know it, too
Kevin Lopez, 52, has been defibrillated 22 times and is medically retired
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“It was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and violence and we will not tolerate it,” said Chief Wayne Jerman
A local police union had decried the mandate, citing “an already critical shortage of state troopers”
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