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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.

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.

We all know hydration is important in our daily lives, but have you considered that you can do more than drink a glass or two of water? Get yourself a hydration-packed refreshment while you check out these pointers on integrating hydration into your daily life!