Mindful Public Safety

Ep 42: Chief Ryan Johansen on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety

Chief Ryan Johansen on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety, speaking with Richard Goerling. Current Chief of Police for the City of San Bruno in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chief Ryan Johansen, a long-standing mindfulness and meditation practitioner and coach who began his law enforcement career with the San Diego Police Department, discusses his efforts to integrate mindfulness and wellness practices into his department’s culture and social identity and other needs and strategies for positive change in public safety culture and practice. How the intervention of a wise field training officer following an early career experience with a shooting set him on a course of healthy coping mechanisms and resilient policing. The value of immersive mindfulness training as part of his agency's efforts to develop a cultural identity of mindful and resilient policing and officer wellness. Performance-based resilience training and how mindfulness and other forms of mind-body and emotional intelligence training and practices are foundational to optimal performance in law enforcement. CHEIF RYAN JOHANSEN Ryan currently serves as the Chief of Police for the City of San Bruno in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ryan is a long-standing mindfulness and meditation practitioner and coach, and he has worked hard to bring the value of these practices to the police department’s wellness efforts. While Ryan and his staff have worked toward this objective from multiple directions, the primary focus has been on integration into the department’s culture and social identity. Ryan possesses a Bachelor of Applied Sciences Degree in Law Enforcement Management, and he is currently enrolled in the Masters of Homeland Defense and Security Program at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security.For more info on our training programs, visit mindfulpublicsafety.org
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Ep. 41: Deputy Chief Carrie Edwards-Clemons on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety

Deputy Chief Carrie Edwards-Clemons, on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety, speaking with Fleet Maull.23-year fire service veteran, paramedic and current Flint, Michigan Deputy Fire Chief Carrie Edwards-Clemons, who has served her community in every division within the fire service, discusses the daily challenges firefighters face, the toll it can take on their wellbeing and her commitment to transforming fire service culture in support of wellness, resilience and diversity as well as the responsibility of leaders to model the changes they wish to encourage in their agencies and among their personnel. The role prayer, gratitude, and thankfulness along with maintaining a strong after-work life with family, friends and community service, have played in helping her stay healthy and resilient throughout her career and the challenges and changes she has experienced as a female black firefighter in a profession made up almost entirely of white men when she began, and which remains one the least diverse public safety professions in 2021. Her role as a leader in listening to and supporting the firefighters and other staff in our agency, and how she proactively refers them to the professional support they need to work through challenging emotional and mental health challenges and occupational stress injuries. The importance of leaders proactively identifying and making available the resources their staff, who have to transition between traumatic experiences and home life on a daily basis, need for resiliency and mental health support -- their coffee and conversation initiative giving firefighters the opportunity to process difficult and potentially traumatizing job experiences. DEPUTY CHIEF CARRIE EDWARDS-CLEMONS Deputy Fire Chief Carrie Edwards-Clemons is inspired daily by the strength and resilience of the Flint community and firefighters to stay strong and determined even in the face of many challenging circumstances. Hired into the Fire Department in 1999 as a Trainee, Carrie has served the community in every division within the fire service. She earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A./Public Administration from Columbia Southern University. She is the grant writer for the department and has secured grants in excess of 23 million throughout her career. She is the first female to achieve the rank of Deputy Chief in the 165-year history of the Flint Fire Dept. and is the first female president of the International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters. Deputy Chief Edwards-Clemons works hard to recognize the needs of her team members to anticipate and secure resources to support them to be successful - equipment, emotional and physical support for their health and wellness, and keeping them connected to the mission and equipped with the tools needed to achieve the mission.
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Ep. 40: Chief Cory Darling on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety

Chief Cory Darling, on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety, speaking with Richard Goerling. 32-year police veteran and current Sunriver, Oregon Police Chief Cory Darling, who previously served as a patrol officer, detective, Sergeant, lieutenant and captain with the City of Bend, OR Police Department, including 5 years as a Narcotics Investigator, 16 years with a regional SWAT team, and more, discusses his current commitment to the safety, resilience and wellbeing of all of his officers and other personnel as well as current challenges in policing and necessary priorities for the future of public safety. How early career experiences inspired him to move beyond and aspire to transform the dehumanizing and isolating, us versus them attitudes common in law enforcement culture. The importance of law enforcement and public safety leaders, leading from the front, directly participating in and modeling the wellness or resilience training programs they bring into their agencies. Discovering how yoga and mindfulness reduced occupational injuries and his own path of participating in and leading these wellness and resilience training programs. 
CHIEF CORY DARLING Cory Darling is currently the chief of police for the Sunriver Police Department. He has over 32 years of law enforcement service. He has held the positions of Officer, Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain with the City of Bend Police Department. Cory has also served in numerous special assignments, including 5 years as a Narcotics Investigator, 16 years with a regional SWAT team, Motor Officer, Street Crimes Sergeant, Firearms Instructor, Integrated Use of Force Instructor, and Field Training Officer. Cory holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy class 237. Cory is a current board of director for the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police, Vice President for the Oregon Fallen Badge Foundation, and a board of director for Kids Center, a regional Children’s Advocacy Center.
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Ep 38: Dir. Colette S. Peters on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety

Director Colette S. Peters, on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety, speaking with Fleet Maull.Leading the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) since February 2012, Director Colette S. Peters has ultimate oversight of an agency with 4,700 employees, a biennial budget of $2 billion, and responsibility for managing 14,700 incarcerated adults in 14 prisons across the state. Director Peters, who is a national advocate for wellness in public safety, active with many national corrections and public safety organizations, discusses Oregon’s justice reinvestment effort, which reduced the prison population and avoided opening additional institutions, their more humanitarian approach to correctional practice known as the Oregon Way, and their very significant investment in staff wellness and resilience. How they responded to six staff suicides in an 18-month period by engaging university research partners to study their staff wellness, their discovery that, despite being widely recognized as a progressive correctional system, one in three of their employees had symptoms of PTSD and over 90% were dealing with significant weight issues or obesity and hypertension. How they made employee wellness their #1 priority, bringing in a mindfulness-based wellness and resiliency training program and making a long-term commitment to staff wellness. Their ongoing exploration of the Norway model and the development of the Oregon Way correctional philosophy. DIRECTOR COLETTE S. PETERS Colette S. Peters has served as Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) since February 2012. She has ultimate oversight of an agency with 4,700 employees, a biennial budget of $2 billion; and responsibility for managing 14,700 incarcerated adults in 14 prisons across the state. Ms. Peters played a crucial role in Oregon’s justice reinvestment effort, which reduced the prison population and avoided opening additional institutions. Under Ms. Peters’ leadership, ODOC enrolled in the Amend at the University of California San Francisco and developed the “Oregon Way.” The goal is to improve employee health and wellness and reduce the use of segregation by transforming environments inside correctional facilities to be more normal and humane. The program has focused efforts on helping the adults in custody positively change their lives and become better neighbors. Ms. Peters holds a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Colorado in Denver and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph, Minnesota.
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Ep. 39: Dir. Vernon Herron on Leading Healthy Change

Dir. Vernon Herron on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety, speaking with Fleet Maull.35-year law enforcement veteran with the Maryland State Police, Homeland Security and now the Baltimore Police Department, Director Vernon Herron discusses his work as Director of the Baltimore PD's Office of Officer Safety and Wellness and Office of Early Intervention, promoting both physical and mental health, through training, seminars and health publications. How health and wellness training is just as important or even more foundational to good law enforcement than the various forms of tactical training that are part of the job. The importance of increasing mental health awareness and suicidality risk awareness in law enforcement and removing the stigmas associated with mental health issues and seeking support for traumatic stress injuries and challenges. The neurobiology of primary and secondary trauma exposure, the need to do the work to heal from accumulated trauma and/or PTSD and the Baltimore Police Department's commitment to officer safety and wellness and to improving police-community relations. DIRECTOR VERNON HERRON Director Vernon Herron has more than 35 years of experience in public safety and law enforcement. He currently serves as Director, Baltimore City Police Department, where he manages the Office of” Officer Safety and Wellness” and the Office of “Early Intervention”. The Office of Officer Safety and Wellness, promotes both physical and mental health through training, seminars, and health publications. Additionally, this office facilitates police officers with immediate access to a mental health clinician as soon as officers have been involved in a traumatic event, such as” Police Officer Involved Shootings.” Director Herron developed a unique intervention system that focuses on the health and wellness of the officer and not discipline The "New Approach to Early Intervention" was published in the IACP Police Chief's magazine.Prior to joining the Baltimore City Police Department, he served as the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Public Safety and Director of Homeland Security in Prince George’s County, Maryland. As the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Herron had oversight of the Prince George’s County Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Corrections, Homeland Security and the Office of Emergency Management. Mr. Herron served more than 27 years in the Maryland State Police. He joined the Department in 1977 and progressed from Trooper to Major. During his career, he worked in Field Operations, Drug Enforcement, Criminal Investigations and Human Resources. As Commander in the Maryland State Police, Mr. Herron led the Violent Crime Strike Force. This contingent of more than 50 Troopers targeted high-crime areas within the State of Maryland and assisted local law enforcement in reducing crime throughout the State. Mr. Herron received the highest honor bestowed upon a Maryland State Trooper, “The Governor’s Citation of Valor,” when he prevented an armed suspect from shooting several people and other police officers at a crowded restaurant. Throughout his career, he has lectured across the United States on officer safety, wellness, and public safety. He holds a Master of Science in Management from Johns Hopkins University. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, University College. Mr. Herron is a Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy graduate, Session 187.For more info on our training programs, visit mindfulpublicsafety.org
 
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Ep. 43: Susanne Knabe-Nicol, PhD on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety

Dr. Susanne Knabe-Nicol, PhD, on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety, speaking with Fleet Maull.U.K. police veteran, investigative psychologist, advocate for evidence-based policing, and founder of Police Science, Dr. Susanne Knabe-Nicol, Ph.D., discusses her current work in making sound scientific research available in digestible video formats through an online global platform to active law enforcement leadership and frontline officers to foster and support an evidence-based approach to reform and transformation in policing and public safety -- both in terms of officer safety and wellbeing and improvements in law enforcement practice and community relations. The need to evolve policing to the same evidence-based practice standards that we demand and expect in medicine and other professions... establishing law enforcement best practices grounded in quality scientific research. How traditional modes of policing damage police-community relations, as well as the law enforcement professionals themselves, and the need to change to a more human-centered, emotionally intelligent approach and law enforcement culture. The critical role of leaders in removing the stigmas associated with self-care and mental health care and to lead the way in modeling good self-care practices and getting regular mental health check-ups.
SUSANNE KNABE-NICOL, Ph.D. Susanne worked in UK policing for over a decade and completed a PhD in Investigative Psychology part-time. She set up Police Science Dr to create a broad range of research-based videos, and the plan is for a global communication platform for researchers and practitioners as well as a collection of police-relevant courses, all in one place. Susanne has the desire to make research accessible and skilled herself up to be able to create online courses and interactive videos, so now she wants to help the policing community with these assets. There is an awful lot of great research being done and published, but then only read by other academics. This just doesn't make sense, so she started turning research into videos, as every officer can make time to watch a short video, but they might not be able to access and digest a research paper.For more info on our training programs, visit mindfulpublicsafety.org
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Ep. 37: Jurie Rossouw on Creating Healthy Agency Cultures of Resilience

Jurie Rossouw on Creating Healthy Agency Cultures of Resilience, speaking with Fleet Maull.
Neuroscience researcher, resilience expert, author of Executive Resilience, and founder of Driven, an AI-powered resilience program used by hundreds of organizations worldwide, Jurie Rossouw talks about technological solutions for building more resilient public safety agencies and cultures and the High Adversity Resilience Training (HART) program he developed, which is in use by emergency responders and law enforcement agencies. Current neuroscientific understanding of traumatic stress and resilience.
The need for good assessments and ongoing support and training rather than one-time training programs, including the use of apps and other new technologies like the AI-based Driven app.
Training first responders to prepare them for high-stress, high-adversity situations and following through with ongoing support and training. JURIE ROSSOUW Jurie is a resilience expert and author of Executive Resilience, a book that delves into the neuroscience of cultural resilience. Jurie is also the founder of Driven, an integrated AI-powered resilience program that is used by hundreds of organizations worldwide, combining workshops, peer training, certifications, and technology to create comprehensive resilience cultures to build truly supportive environments. Jurie also developed High Adversity Resilience Training (HART) which is in use by emergency responders and law enforcement agencies. Jurie has published multiple research papers on the neuroscience of resilience, resilience assessment, and new analytics frameworks to better understand the deeper functioning and value of resilience.
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Ep. 44: Mandar Apte on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety

Madar Apte, on Leading Healthy Change in Public Safety, speaking with Fleet Maull.Cities4Peace founder-director, producer of the documentary From India With Love, meditation teacher, and former global manager of Shell Oil's prestigious GameChanger social innovation program, Mandar Apte, discusses the confluence of his work at Shell, generating and investing in ideas that create shared value – business value and social impact, and his current Cities4Peace project, an initiative to promote peace in cities worldwide by bringing together law enforcement, community members, and business leaders to work together in transforming chronic violence in cities like Los Angeles, California and San Salvador, Brazil. The natural service orientation of law enforcement officers and other first responders and the need for all of us to remember that and to respect and honor these professionals for their often heroic public service. He became very concerned about the level of violence in our societies and communities and began interviewing law enforcement professionals to better understand the contributing factors to chronic violence, how a single murder costs a community roughly one million dollars, and the economic need and potential economic benefits and opportunities connected to dramatically reducing violence in our cities. MANDAR APTE Mandar is the Director of Cities4Peace - an initiative to promote peace in cities worldwide. Prior to this, he worked at Shell for 17 years and managed Shell’s prestigious GameChanger social innovation program, investing in ideas that create shared value – business value and social impact. In 2016, Mandar produced the From India With Love documentary film to reinvigorate the message of nonviolence (or Ahimsa) in the world. Aligned with this mission, in Oct 2018, Mandar hosted the inaugural World Summit for Countering Violence & Extremism which brought together peace activists and law enforcement executives from across the world in the spirit of promoting peace and compassion in the world. For nearly two decades, Mandar has taught leadership programs using meditation practices for the International Association for Human Values and the Art of Living Foundation.For more info on our training programs, visit mindfulpublicsafety.org
 
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