Introducing the IACP's New Health & Wellness Assessment Tool and Action Planning Roadmap: Your GPS for Success

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Wellness and physical fitness are crucial components of law enforcement training and support. Research continues to prove the value, highlighting the many ways that wellness and fitness can increase job readiness, safety, health, and longevity. While many agencies recognize the critical need for training and support programs, some face challenges with implementing them. This workshop will help agencies of all sizes and demographics overcome those challenges and succeed. Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Joe Dulla and Mandy Nice will team together with the IACP to host this engaging and interactive workshop. They will address pivotal fitness and wellness needs for members of law enforcement, introduce the IACP?s Health & Wellness Assessment Tool and Action Planning Roadmap, and guide attendees through a ?practice session? so that they can become comfortable and confident using the Roadmap for their respective agencies. The professional guidance, resources, best practices, and positive support provided during this workshop will pave the way for attendees to implement safe, practical, user-friendly, results-focused wellness and fitness training and support programs that are truly best-in-class.

Recognize common challenges agencies face when implementing a fitness and wellness program and learn how to proactively combat these challenges.
Understand the importance of conducting a needs assessment and how to do so using the Health & Wellness Assessment Tool and Action Planning Roadmap.
Establish goals and steps to build and enhance your department?s fitness and wellness program based on the results of the Health & Wellness Assessment Tool and Action Planning Roadmap.

Joseph Dulla

Lieutenant (Ret.)

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Joe Dulla, MA, TSAC-F*D has over 40 years of experience in first responder roles, including emergency medical technician, lifeguard, mountain rescue, & law enforcement. He served for 31 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in various sworn ranks & positions including academy director overseeing the training of over 5,550 recruits. His expertise includes physical fitness, wellness, and human performance optimization for public safety personnel across numerous domains. He managed the LASD's "Fast Track Injury Care" program that used cutting-edge sports medicine approaches to rapidly return injured personnel safely back to duty. Joe also served as Interim Associate Dean of Fire Technology & Wellness at Santa Ana College managing the wellness needs of over 30 member departments across five Southern California counties. He holds TSAC-F certification, has presented internationally, and authored or co-authored over 30 articles on law enforcement physical demands, wellness, injury, and human performance. Joe currently serves as a CRI-TAC SME for wellness efforts and is a PhD student at Bond University, researching recruit attrition, success factors, physical abilities, injuries, costs, and human performance optimization.

Mandy Nice, U.S. Army Certified Master Fitness Trainer, NSCA TSAC-F,D, NSCA CPT,D, FMSC-L2, NPTI-MPT

Tactical Program Manager: Public Safety

The National Strength and Conditioning Association

Mandy Nice has over 15 years of experience developing and implementing physical fitness and wellness programs that measurably improve the strength and resilience of tactical athletes and civilians. Her science-based, results-focused approach has consistently produced positive results that have earned national-level awards for measurably improving employee health, fitness, and quality-of-life. Mandy actively serves as a guest speaker at state, national and international law enforcement conferences to help share scalable best practices for sustainable success. To further support agencies, Mandy also serves as the Tactical Program Manager of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). She is responsible for fully equipping members of law enforcement and fire/rescue with the essential research, training, tools, and resources to establish safe tactical athletic programs that optimize job readiness while reducing injury risk. Mandy’s greatest motivator is helping members of law enforcement and fire/rescue optimize their fitness and health so that they can enjoy strong, rewarding careers and long, healthy retirements.