The 2024 Officer Safety and Wellness Symposium is for public safety professionals to learn from experts in the field about resources and best practices when developing comprehensive officer safety and wellness strategies. Virtual registration for the 2024 OSW Symposium will give you access to three live-streamed general sessions (March 1-3, 2024) and dozens of pre-recorded workshops only available through IACPlearn. All workshops listed in the educational program will be available virtually, unless indicated otherwise, and will be accessible on-demand to view at your leisure. Virtual attendees will learn about building resilience, financial wellness, injury prevention, peer support programs, physical fitness, proper nutrition, sleep deprivation, stress, mindfulness, suicide prevention, and more.

A training series geared towards addressing vicarious trauma response across both the Vicarious Trauma Response Initiative (VTRI) project sites and any agency or organization interested in addressing vicarious trauma.

This webinar addresses the impacts of tragedy and introduces a transformative process called post-traumatic growth. Mental health and policing professionals share their personal stories of tragedy and growth and provide practical strategies of how individuals can work towards post-traumatic growth in their own lives.

Elevate Blue is a virtual training suite designed to address contemporary issues law enforcement faces today. In collaboration with six partner agencies, Elevate Blue virtual training modules deliver best-in-class training rooted in an evidence-based design process and delivered using adult-learning principles.

This presentation will focus on what a suicidal person thinks and feels, to allow for a peer to emotionally validate them. Most importantly, this presentation will tell attendees how to identify suicidal ideations, intents, and plans and, regardless of your role, how to convey to the suicidal individual that they should be addressing these thoughts. Furthermore, discussing what the suicidal individual should do and what a peer should tell the suicidal individual to do. The presenter will model what to say and how to say it.

In this session, learn the five elements that every law enforcement family needs to know to counter the effect of the spillover which impacts a couple's communication, connection, and intimacy - essential parts of a healthy relationship.

In discussing ways to enhance the safety and wellness of officers, it is essential to understand the family's pivotal role. Attendees will gain a foundational understanding of the intersection between family and wellness while learning strategies to engage in effective conversations to promote wellness for the entire family.

This course aims to equip you with knowledge about resilience and various techniques to enhance it which can be used on and off duty. The covered techniques include Staying in the Zone, Practicing Emotional Awareness, Resilience in Between Calls, Downshifting, and Building a Flexible Mindset. Integrating these techniques into your life can help you develop increased self-awareness, improved problem-solving and decision making, and a greater ability to handle challenges.

During this webinar, participants hear from Officer Scott Bailey from Aspinwall (PA) Police Department and his son, Trevor. Speaking from his experience as a law enforcement officer and a parent of two boys with autism, Officer Bailey presents on what officers in the field need to know about interacting with individuals with developmental disabilities. He is joined by his son, Trevor, who takes questions about his experiences interacting with officers.

This event includes an informational session on the history and requirements of the One Mind Campaign and how IACP can help agencies complete the pledge through the One Mind Training and Technical Assistance Initiative and a Q&A session.