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You lost your right to be unfit the day you took this job. The policing profession requires you to be in top physical condition to be prepared for anything on the job and to protect yourself from injury. Retired Chief John Bouthillette, a lead instructor for the VALOR Program, and Dr. Greg Huron, a licensed chiropractor with more than 30 years of experience, discuss the importance of prehabbing to be fit for duty.

To render effective medical aid, you must have the proper equipment and know how to use it. Your tourniquet is an essential part of your equipment. Join Chief David Flory (retired) and Paramedic Corporal Laura Hill in an interactive virtual learning environment to discuss important tips for tourniquet use, review the Tactical Combat Casualty Care-recommended tourniquets, and view live demonstrations of correct tourniquet use.

The duty to intervene in a situation that involves excessive use of force by another officer is your responsibility as a sworn officer. Chief John Bouthillette, a lead instructor for the VALOR Program, and Mr. Bruce-Alan Barnard, a nationally renowned law enforcement legal educator, discuss the reality of what duty to intervene means for officers. You have no protection under the law for failing to intervene when you have the opportunity. You have a duty to intervene. Do not get caught in a moral or ethical dilemma.

The Safer Together Campaign emphasizes and strengthens the link between officer safety, wellness, community trust, and respect. Listen to David Perry, Safer Together lead, and Vince Davenport, Associate Deputy Director with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, as they dive into this discussion about what the Safer Together Campaign entails, how it is different from other programs, and how it reinvigorates law enforcement at a time when a boost is needed most.