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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.

Are you challenging your muscles with strength and resistance training? Check out this poster to get some quick tips on how to improve your workouts with strength and resistance training.

In today’s world, it’s inevitable that law enforcement will end up dealing with roadway incidents and all the dangers that come with it. Listen to David Flory with the VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program and R.J. Hudson with the Grapevine, Texas, Police Department as they talk about R.J.’s experiences with two life-threatening near miss incidents, what he has learned from those incidents, and roadway safety in general.

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.