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Officer safety

Breaking the Stigma of Law Enforcement Suicide


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.

VALOR Program Promotes Officer Safety and Wellness

More than 6,000 law enforcement agencies and 51,000 officers across all 50 states have participated in VALOR programming since 2010.

At an October homecoming parade in Jackson, Tennessee, Police Investigator Kelly Schrotberger took notice of a 15-year-old boy in the crowd. After watching him for some time, Schrotberger and a colleague came to believe the boy was acting in a manner that signaled he may...