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An ICAC investigator reflects on the case that changed how he understood cumulative trauma, leadership and the importance of asking for help
With more than 33,000 visits in 2025, Louisville’s Summit Wellness Center offers lessons in making officer wellness accessible, proactive and part of department culture
A recommendation from a trusted colleague can carry enormous weight, but personal experience isn’t a substitute for understanding what you’re putting into your body
A retired British police sergeant describes how unaddressed cumulative trauma changed his behavior — and what supervisors can do before an officer reaches a breaking point
Police officer, veteran and former correctional officer Jeff Benaim ran from Montauk to Manhattan to raise money and awareness for veteran and first responder mental health
Sometimes the intervention creates the crisis