NAPO TO HOST POLICE STRESS-REDUCTION AWARENESS TRAINING FOR POLICE FAMILIES IN DALLAS

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE GRANT MAKES TRAINING POSSIBLE

WASHINGTON, DC - The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) will begin stress-reduction awareness training for the police family tomorrow in Dallas, Texas.  This training is being provided free of charge thanks to a National Institute of Justice grant awarded to the Police Research and Education Project (PREP), a sister organization of NAPO, in cooperation with the Dallas Police Department Training Section, the Dallas Police Association and SUNY College at Buffalo.

The purpose of this training is to increase awareness, understanding and solutions to the personal and organizational stressors that officers and their family members experience.  The training program will directly address stress management, critical incident stress, the law enforcement culture and personality as well as increasing knowledge of available resources and stress management strategies.

There will be two separate training programs.  The first one is for police department personnel only and the second is for police department personnel and their family members.

The trainings will take place at the Dallas Police Department Training Section Academy.  The following trainers will be taking part in the sessions:  Mr. Peter Cove, a nationally recognized authority on law enforcement stress who has provided technical assistance to numerous law

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enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Canada including the FBI, BATF, Marshals Service, Navy and Coast Guard;  Mr. Russ Bonanno, recognized by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation as an instructor of Basic Critical Incident Stress Debriefing who has consulted and provided numerous workshops on stress recognition and management;  and Ms. Phyllis Woods, the wife of a retired police officer who has developed and presented lectures for family programs in crisis intervention.

The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) is a coalition of police unions and associations from across the United States that serves to advance the interests of America’s law enforcement officers.

NAPO is truly the strongest unified voice in Washington, DC supporting the rights of law enforcement officers.  NAPO represents more than 4,000 police unions and associations, more than 200,000 active sworn law enforcement officers, 3,000 retired officers and more than 100,000 concerned citizens supporting our law and order agenda.

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