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Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) VALOR Officer and Safety Wellness Program. This program brings vital resources to the field of law enforcement. More than 700 trainings have been held through VALOR, training over 64,000 officers.
Visit the VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program website to view resources and online training opportunities.
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On July 14, 2020, the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum held a virtual panel discussion on officer safety and wellness, in conjunction with the release of mid-year 2020 data on officer fatalities.
If you missed it, you can watch the recording of the event, which includes BJA Acting Director Mike Costigan as the Keynote Speaker. Also see the 2020 Mid-Year Law Enforcement Officers...
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The goal of the VALOR Officer Safety & Wellness pilot research project is to assess the effectiveness of VALOR training and technical assistance in improving officer safety and wellness in three pilot sites.
Learn about awards made through programs such as the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program, VALOR Initiative, Body-Worn Camera Program, and more in a recent fact sheet.
BJA has partnered with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to launch the National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide, a groundbreaking new initiative to raise awareness of the systemic barriers to mental health and prevent deaths by suicide among law enforcement officers. Read more in the IACP blog post.
Read the November 21, 2018 press release to learn about grant funding awarded by BJA and the National Institute of Justice to provide services designed to protect law enforcement officers and improve overall public safety.
Developed with support from BJA, the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Toolkit is now available in an online interactive format to promote learning about officer safety and encourage the leveraging of resources to augment state, local, and tribal efforts to promote officer safety.
