Resilience is the ability to navigate adversity and grow and thrive in the face of challenges. Resilience is a valuable skill for everyone, especially law enforcement, in that it helps ofcers adapt to and overcome the efects of stress and trauma associated with police work.

Sep 4, 2020 · One of the cornerstones of resilience that needs to be built into agency culture is a strong mission. “Law enforcement has a shared sense of purpose, but each probably has their own way of defining it,” says Mike Taigman, a resiliency and stress management expert with FirstWatch who works with first responders.

The Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative is an effort to improve the immediate and long-term safety, wellness, and resilience of law enforcement officers.

Jun 6, 2023 · Increasing resilience in officers will help law enforcement agencies limit shift work’s impact on officer health. By putting wellness first, officers are provided with the tools they need to...

In recognition of the cost emotional trauma can take on the mental and physical health of law enforcement officers, the OSW Group convened a meeting of law enforcement practitioners, men-tal health professionals, medical experts, and other stakeholders in October of 2016 to assist law enforcement agencies in identifying the best strategies and r...

Mar 12, 2012 · The Officer Robert Wilson III Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative is an effort to improve the immediate and long-term safety, wellness, and resilience of our nation’s law enforcement officers.

Dec 5, 2022 · Improving Law Enforcement Resilience: Lessons and Recommendations. Resilience—the ability not only to recover emotionally from traumatic events but to withstand day-to-day work-related stress—is critical to all law enforcement officers’ …

Apr 27, 2022 · Cultivating resilience is a lifelong journey, but law enforcement officers can start with two aspects: Reconnect to your mission and focus on your sphere of control. A shared sense of purpose. Law enforcement work is different from many jobs.

This thesis investigates what stress management and psychological resiliency tools are most promising and how their inclusion in academy and periodic training might improve resilience and reduce stress among law enforcement officers, and it …

The Officer Resilience Training Program is one of the seven programs currently within the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)’s Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative.