There are no quick fixes for police officer unwellness. We need to build better people from the ground up, we need to build better agencies from the ground up. Training is not the only answer. Frequently training is used as a substitute for actual organizational improvement. My idea of an effective wellness system is a comprehensive, integrated mechanism to bolster and sustain the health, wellness, well-being and resilience of people by focusing on five critical core organizational priorities: Purpose, Resilience, Support Systems, Leadership and Organizational Culture ..read more

Learned excellence is your eTicket to world class, high-performance, mental toughness training ..read more

Small law enforcement agencies deserve the best possible wellness initiatives to keep their people physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually fit. For small agencies, usually with less than twenty-five employees, paying for training, both in time and money, can be daunting. The Law Enforcement Survival Institute has a wellness building solution specifically for small police and sheriff's agencies. It is also suitable for small groups and academy training classes. Whether it's physical, mental, emotional or spiritual survival from the rigors of law enforcement, this will give you all tha ..read more

Take a 10-15 minute Awe Walk every day for the next two weeks. During that walk expand your awareness to see, hear, feel, smell and sense things that you have not noticed before. Increase your sense of mindfulness and be open to where your mind takes you. Stop and examine the small things, look outwardly and experience the vastness that surrounds you ..read more

Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance, from the expert who developed the US Navy SEALs mental toughness curriculum and has worked with thousands of top athletes, elite military personnel, business executives, and first responders ..read more

Part of the reason that our law enforcement wellness programs are not working is that many agencies are just dabbling in wellness concepts without any clear strategy, nor providing any meaningful support for their people. It is a common occurrence in policing to host a day of training or start a new initiative to check a box and make us feel like we are doing something when in fact we may be doing more harm than helping. An effective approach to law enforcement wellness is not a collection of activities, but rather a robust, comprehensive system with a strategic purpose ..read more

Wellness Focused Policing is a people focused policing strategy to promote wellness within law-enforcement first, and then to spread that sense of care, and focus on well-being, outwardly to the people served by the police ..read more

Today is Giving Tuesday and in this season of giving, I would ask that you consider supporting some of the may organizations that support law enforcement. A list of some I recommend in on CopsAlive.com and while The Law Enforcement Survival Institute (LESI) is NOT a non-profit organization we could use your help too. Please consider a donation here: www.CopsAlive.com/donate ..read more

For those of you who loved the Armor Your Self book, but wanted to share that information with your peers, the Law Enforcement Survival Institute has just released several different Study & Discussion Guide Packages designed to assist individuals, small study groups and book clubs ..read more

Being attached can lead to disappointment and anxiety. Letting go of what I think “should” be, is difficult (especially for an ex-cop ..read more