Other Law Enforcement

National Suicide Awareness for Law Enforcement Officers Program

The RVCRI team provided feedback, as requested by agencies, on XX applications:

Training to prevent violence against law enforcement and ensure officer resilience and survivability.

The RVCRI team conducted X preliminary application reviews for applicants. These reviews consisted of high-level feedback, but did not provide specific feedback or grant writing expertise.

The RVCRI team participated in 10 interest calls with the following agencies. Each interest call lasts approximately thirty minutes.

1. Major County, OK
2. Ross Township, OH
3. Columbia County, NY
4. Douglas, WY
5. Tucumcari, NM
6. Dexter, MO
7. Nagatauk, CT
8. St. Croix, WI
9. Gage County, NE
10. Stoddard County, MO

The RVCRI team responded to 151 emails to the RuralVCRI@policinginstitute.org email regarding:

The first listening session, held November 3, 2022, involved 11 agencies who had successfully completed all of the administrative requirements in a timely and correct manner. The key takeaways from this listening session included:
• Value of BWCs regarding civilian complaints and their resolution
• The benefits of regional working groups
• Anticipating challenges and benefits
• The value of BWC footage for use in training
• Benefits of micro‐grants for small and rural agencies

179 family volunteers sent 2,539 Remembrance cards to families of fallen firefighters near the anniversary date of each firefighter’s death. Family members wrote personal messages and mailed a specially designed card to other family members to arrive immediately before the anniversary date.

Opened to children, stepchildren, and siblings, ages 18-25, whose firefighter has been honored or is approved to be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. When going through life changes, leaving home, entering the workforce, or getting married, these events can intensify the feelings of grief. The Young Adults Retreat will provide a safe place where young adults can connect with peers and find support with those who truly understand.

This event is open to adult men ages 18+ in the Fire Hero Family community (husbands/male life partners, fathers/stepfathers, sons/stepsons, brothers/stepbrothers) whose firefighter has been honored or is approved to be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. For many men sadness can be a difficult emotion to navigate and emotional processing occurs differently in men than women. Men feel they must handle their emotions alone or they will show signs of weakness. Instead of emotional expression, men benefit greatly from doing things.