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• Reader poll: Cops' increasing role in providing medical care

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  This month, we asked our readers a series of questions about the medical gear they carry, the training they’ve received and the lifesaving measures they’ve taken on the job

• Petition calls for first responder hazard pay during COVID-19 pandemic

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  A Change.org petition launched by a Kentucky EMT has received nearly 25,000 signatures over the last two weeks

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• 3 Ohio public safety agencies no longer revealing number of personnel tested positive for COVID-19

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  The Columbus Divisions of Fire and Police and Franklin County Sheriff's Office said they made the decision after consulting with legal counsel

• 5 things jails, prisons can do to get ahead of COVID-19

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  As social distancing is near impossible in correctional facilities, here are five steps to preventing COVID-19 in your jail or prison

• Your safety starts long before the threat appears

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  Officers should prepare ahead for emotional threats so they can more easily get back to a place of safety and strength

• Protect your mental health: Stop doing these 5 things

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  Silence and judgment can wreak havoc on an officer's mental wellness

• A study in blue: Stevens Point Police Department leads the way in officer health

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  The success of fitness testing has led to program enhancements such as onsite rehab providing strength and conditioning interventions to officers

• Injured or disabled by psychological trauma? You might not be eligible for workers' comp, medical coverage or a pension

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  What you don’t know about your benefits for a disability arising from trauma on the job could leave you financially ruined – and worse

• How to assist officers in crisis

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  Law enforcement agencies must take a multi-faceted approach to officer wellness that brings programs and services directly to cops

• Getting back to life: Retreats focus on stress relief and recovery

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  First Responder Support Network offer educational treatment programs aimed at recovery from the stress of critical incidents

• Diverting defendants to treatment

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  Model pretrial jail programs provide withdrawal management and medication-assisted treatment for jail detainees

• Jon Stewart lashes out at Congress over 9/11 first responders fund

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  Advocate and comedian slams lack of attendance at hearing on a bill that would ensure first responder benefits for 70 years

• Cop wounded in shooting says he's being forced to retire

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  “They don’t give a rat’s behind about me,” the 31-year veteran said

• Emotional tools to build officer resiliency

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  Officers who establish strong supportive resources before a critical incident are less likely to have difficulties after the incident

• Texas police department now equipped with military-grade trauma kits

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  Van Alstyne police officers are equipped with the same life-saving medical kits that U.S. military forces use in Iraq and Afghanistan

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