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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.

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.

“Use of force is often a split-second decision, sometimes accompanied by a few moments of video, and then often days, weeks, and in some cases, years of headlines in the news. The duty to intervene is ultimately seated in an officer’s oath of office, but not until recently, has it gained traction and national attention for its importance to community relationships.” Tune in as David Perry, Investigator Esther Suarez, and Deputy Matt Krzoska discuss an officer’s duty to intervene by stepping in and stepping up.

This fact sheet provides an overview on the VALOR Initiative’s Safer Together Campaign, which emphasizes and strengthens the link between officer safety and wellness and community trust.