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Breathing is the key to life, but are you doing it correctly? Proper breathing is vital to officer safety—it can determine how well you handle situations and potentially improves your ability to react. Join Lieutenant Floyd Wiley (Retired) and Dr. Greg Huron as they discuss best posture practices, different breathing techniques, and the importance of controlling your breathing.

Intentional steps must be taken to increase safety and minimize the risk to officers, civilians, and subjects. Join Lieutenant Floyd Wiley (Retired), Chief David Flory (Retired) Chief Joe McHale (Retired), and Lieutenant Sam Sorensen in a two-part series as they discuss common safety issues with serving warrants and how to combat those issues with promising practices.

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.

Most people do not become police officers for the pay, and very few police departments provide any type of financial training. The focus of this presentation will be the benefits of financial fitness as they relate to reducing stress and increasing officer safety. The police academy offers more than 1,000 hours of training in criminal law, officer safety, driving, shooting, and defensive tactics. In-service training includes day and night fire, various required topics, active shooter, internal affairs updates, and legal updates. In short, we provide an extensive amount of training in areas to make you successful on the job. You also can benefit from information and training to increase your financial fitness.