Bureau of Justice Assistance Law Enforcement
Officer Safety and Wellness Focused Resource Collections
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) recognizes law enforcement officers are facing unprecedented safety and wellness challenges. BJA is proud to provide a these collections of critical and impactful resources developed to address four key areas of law enforcement concern;
- Mitigating the impact of stress on law enforcement officers and their families
- Preventing suicide among law enforcement officers
- Increasing officer safety by defusing difficult situations
- Promoting public confidence in policing – honoring those who serve
9 Ways to Build Strength in Law Enforcement Family Relationships
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Resilience Wellness Survive and Thrive
This digital infographic is designed to help you and your family come up with ways to build strength and resiliency in your relationships. Save the infographic to your phone, tablet, or computer for easy reference! Did you find something that worked for you and your family? Tell us about it at info@valorforblue.org.
Front Lines Together Series
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Officer Wellness
Learn how to best protect yourself from invisible threats to your health. This series provides you with practical law enforcement-specific tips to keep yourself and your family safe from viruses. Do you have tips or life-hacks you use to prevent illness? Submit them to info@valorforblue.org.
Stress Reduction Foundational Series
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Officer Wellness
This video and poster series discusses the core concepts of stress reduction and ways law enforcement can reduce stress from the inside-out.
Icebreakers
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Suicide Prevention
Help your fellow officers. The Icebreakers infographic was designed to not only help you identify fellow officers who may be in crisis, but also to give you a starting point to break the ice in starting the conversation to get them help.
Got a Minute? / While We Have You . . .
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Officer Wellness
This poster series aims to provide resources on mental wellness issues such as depression, post-traumatic stress, substance abuse, etc. The posters are designed for locations where law enforcement officers have a moment of privacy, such as restrooms and locker rooms.
Crisis to C.A.L.M. Series
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Officer Wellness
This series of resources introduces the C.A.L.M. concept that officers may embrace in order to successfully resolve high-stress or difficult situations. A C.A.L.M. officer is better able to make quick, informed decisions and brings calm to a situation. A C.A.L.M. officer is in control of their emotions and actions, and that calm becomes contagious: it can spread to others involved in the crisis or difficult situation.
Faces of Law Enforcement Series
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Officer Wellness
This series of posters and videos honors law enforcement officers for their duties under and outside of the uniform. From parents to coaches, athletes to cancer survivors, this series aims connect the community with the human beings behind the uniforms and badges and to show law enforcement as genuine, trusting individuals with respect for and from their families and communities.
Mission First, People Always Series
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Professionalism
This series of resources focuses on the VALOR core concept of Mission First, People Always and how this concept impacts law enforcement of all levels.