Officer Safety & Wellness

Support for officer safety is crucial for the wellbeing of officers and their colleagues, agencies, families, and communities. The IACP believes in prioritizing officer safety every shift, every day. Explore the collection of existing resources to support the safety, health, and wellness of every officer from recruitment through retirement, on and off the job, and across every rank. Learn about a wide variety topics ranging from health and nutrition to suicide prevention.

Officer Safety and Wellness

This section focuses on all aspects of officer safety and wellness; physical and mental health. This includes topics such as physical fitness, bulletproof vests, seatbelt…

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Officer Safety and Wellness

National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide

The National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide is a group of multidisciplinary experts with a common goal of preventing officer suicide. Convened by the…

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Body Armor

Law enforcement agencies should maximize officer safety through the use of body armor in combination with prescribed safety procedures. However, while body armor provides a significant...

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Line-of-Duty Death

Law enforcement agencies are better able to respond to line-of-duty deaths in a prompt, organized manner and remain sensitive to the profound human emotions survivors...

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Fire Response

These documents provide direction on law enforcement responsibilities at the scene of structural fires. Note they do not address HAZMAT incidents, open land fires, wildfires, or...

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Off-Duty Arrests

Out-of-uniform, off-duty officers may confront criminal activity to which they should take, or must decide whether to take, enforcement action. When engaged in off-duty enforcement...

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Peer Support Guidelines

The goal of peer support is to provide all public safety employees in an agency the opportunity to receive emotional and tangible support through times...

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Employee Mental Health and Wellness

Personnel are the most valuable assets in a law enforcement agency. The documents provided are intended to assist agency personnel in developing policies, procedures, and guidelines...

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Welfare Checks

Welfare checks are requests for the police to check on an individual due to concern for their safety or well-being. Reasons for such requests vary...

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Mentor Match

The Mentor Match program was developed by IACP to facilitate the ability of those in the policing profession to connect with their peers for professional...

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Discretionary Response to Calls for Service

Responding to calls for service efficiently is one of a police officer's primary duties, but public safety remains a priority. Inappropriate responses to calls for...

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Police Chaplains

Police chaplains assist police agency personnel with personal, spiritual, moral, and ethical consultation. Police chaplains are clergy whose function is to provide support and guidance...

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