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Serving arrest and/or search warrants should never be considered “routine.” Intentional steps must be taken to increase safety and minimize the risk to officers, civilians, and subjects. This bulletin covers common safety issues with serving warrants and how to combat those issues.

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.

Did you know that about 70 percent of our decision making is based and made by our emotional brain while only about 30 percent is made from the slow, intentional, choice-making part of the brain? In the law enforcement field, most situations need intentional thinking and actions, so learning how to properly take a “second second” can be the difference between a smooth interaction or devastation. Come listen to David Perry with the VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program; Chief Wayne Nero of the Georgetown, Texas, Police Department; and Director of Public Safety Alma Burke with the University of Southern California and get some tips about taking a “second second” and being more intentional in your actions.

“None of us get into this job thinking, ‘It’s going to be me.’” Retired Officer Jamie Miller was one of those officers. He was part of an officer-involved shooting in 2012. He shares his experience, how training played a key role in knowing what to do, and his journey getting help after the incident.