Survive & Thrive Fundamentals: Protecting You and Your Fellow Officers

This VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program training, offered as a one-day course, provides officers at all levels with exactly that — the essentials to survive and thrive — by stressing the importance of being physically and mentally prepared, maintaining situational awareness, combating complacency, and remaining vigilant. Participants will hear from law enforcement experts on:

• Causes of officer assaults, injuries, and deaths;
• Safety and preparedness mind-set;
• Physical health;
• Officer-citizen encounters;
• Mitigating stress;
• Weapon concealment;
• Intentional wellness mind-set;
• Surviving an assault;
• Casualty care and rescue tactics;
• Personal protective factors;
• Deaths not associated with assaults;
• Vehicle safety; and
• Officer survivor story.

Additional topics covered throughout the course include professionalism, leadership, and critical decisionmaking.