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

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...