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This online training module is designed to help law enforcement officers identify the behaviors associated with an individual who may be experiencing a crisis. It provides officers with tools and tactics to assist in responding to a person in crisis. The tactics and techniques identified support efforts to enhance the safety of officers, the individual in crisis, and the general public.

In this podcast, David Flory, lead instructor with the VALOR Program, talks to Captain Michon Morrow and Sergeant Angela Sands of the Lincoln, Nebraska Police Department. They discuss Sergeant Sands's experience following a shooting. She struggled not only with physical injuries but emotional and mental struggles. Hear how Captain Morrow was a saving force for her and how her department helped her recover and work through the struggles she was facing. They talk about the stigma surrounding mental health and how to eliminate those stigmas.

In this VALOR Voices Podcast, David Flory, a lead instructor with the VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program, has a conversation with Floyd Wiley, a retired lieutenant from New Castle County, Delaware, Police Department and a lead instructor and on-site facilitator with the VALOR Program, about the concept of training to perform. They discuss how training is paramount in everything law enforcement officers do and how they must be prepared to perform.

WIN is a VALOR foundational topic meaning “What’s Important Now,” and it is built on prioritizing the most important immediate need in any situation. Listen to John Bouthillette, a lead instructor with the VALOR Program, and David Flory, a retired chief of police from the Hot Springs, Arkansas, Police Department and a lead instructor and onsite facilitator with the VALOR Program, as they discuss the concept of WIN and how that applies to upper management as well as the line officer.