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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.

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.

Being resilient and eliminating stress does NOT mean you aren’t affected by the things you experience. To build resilience, you must experience hard and stressful times but come out of them with the fewest possible negative consequences. Join VALOR instructor Brandon Post and Robert Sobo, M.Ed., Psy.D., who is currently the director of the Professional Counseling Division/Employee Assistance Program with the Chicago, Illinois, Police Department as they discuss building resilience and reducing your stress.

As part of the 2022 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness event, the VALOR Initiative Safer Together: Strengthening the Foundations of Officer Safety and Wellness presentation introduces the Safer Together Campaign focused on the relationship between officer safety, wellness, and community trust.