Mental Health First Aid is the Invisible Tool We All…
Deputy sheriff. Army veteran. Crisis intervention specialist. Hostage negotiator. These titles paint a picture of the multitude of trainings I’ve…
Deputy sheriff. Army veteran. Crisis intervention specialist. Hostage negotiator. These titles paint a picture of the multitude of trainings I’ve…
What do we do when our world is turned upside down? During a pandemic, when the playbook is being written…
Police officers are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, faced with enforcing the law while potentially confronting the coronavirus.…
Peer pressure in schools. Stress in the workplace. Negative memories you can’t let go of. Everyone faces personal challenges and…
This post originally appeared on the Capitol Connector blog. View the original post. On Tuesday, May 8th, the National Council…
Our Cloud 911 family – family in the professional, I-love-working-with-these-people-sense – is made up of people living with private pain:…
Here in St. Louis County, we’re very proud of this statistic: On average, our police officers have had to use…
When we think of police officers, our minds may jump to the physical tools resting on their toolbelts: tasers, handguns,…
March is National Criminal Justice Month. When we think about mental health and the criminal justice system, we may conjure…
This piece was originally published on The Hill. Read the original article. Approximately 10 percent of police calls involve a person with…
Until four days ago, Cpl. Omar Delgado was lauded as a hero for being one of the first police officers…
No one said this job was going to be easy. But if you asked me five years into my career,…