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AFTER THE FBI NAA COMPREHENSIVE OFFICER RESILIENCY TRAINING WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

JENNIFER D. GRIFFIN

Editor’s Note: The Delaware State Police Academy has made officer resiliency, safety and wellness a core component of its training curriculum for new recruits which includes 22 weeks of intensive and comprehensive police training. The officer resiliency, safety and wellness curriculum at the Academy, based on the FBINAA’s Comprehensive Officer Resiliencesm, is focused on the four tenets a person’s life that capture the totality of how they experience and relate to others and themselves and being fit across the four tenets will lead to a more resilient individual. These tenets are the key characteristics in an individual that foster resilience to include: mental, physical, social, and spiritual. The Delaware State Police Academy trains over 100 Troopers and Municipal new recruits annually, and over 1,000 officers a year though in-service and elective training.

This after action report describes the process, implementation, and success of officer resiliency, safety and wellness training for new recruits, as well as for experienced officers.

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