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VALOR Initiative: Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability

BJA's VALOR Officer Safety And Wellness Program Trains Over 50,000 Officers

The VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program, a training initiative of the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), has demonstrated its unwavering support for law enforcement by providing training to over 50,000 officers nationwide. To date, the VALOR Program has delivered training to 51,155 law enforcement officers across all 50 states in more than 540 onsite training events.

In addition, the VALOR Program...

VALOR Initiative Pilot puts Character at the Heart of New Resilience Training for Law Enforcement

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC.

Positive reviews from Norfolk and Lincoln, part of ongoing BJA effort to address officer wellness

Character, gratitude, service: words many of us grew up with, were taught led to a life of meaning, to a life well-led. To the field of psychology, however, they've held little currency in recent years. The path to self-esteem, it has taught, lies in self-discovery, self-evaluation, lots of self-hyphens.

They—those...