Join us for a dynamic one-day Wellness Symposium dedicated to advancing the physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of California’s peace officers. This essential gathering will bring together law enforcement professionals, wellness experts, and mental health clinicians for a day of transformative dialogue, practical tools, and shared experience. Whether you’re an officer, supervisor, command staff member, or clinician working with law enforcement, this symposium will provide valuable insights and tools to strengthen the fabric of wellness within your agency.
Lunch will be provided.
– 4th Watch description: This course is designed specifically for public safety professionals who aim to enhance their leadership effectiveness by focusing on organizational wellness. With policing facing increasing operational stress, public scrutiny, and internal challenges, this course emphasizes the critical role leaders play in promoting organizational well-being, building resilient teams, and fostering a healthy agency culture. Participants will explore evidence-based strategies that support mental health, peer support, ethical leadership, and psychological safety in high-stakes environments. Topics include trauma-informed leadership, strategies for addressing sleep deprivation, enhancing communication across ranks, implementing a self-care plan, and integrating wellness into daily operations and decision-making.
o Organizational Culture & Wellness: Explore how leadership, trust, and agency values directly impact officer morale, retention, and holistic wellness. This session will also address how organizational culture shapes the response to critical incidents—such as officer-involved shootings and mass casualty events—and how leaders can foster a safe environment by embracing transparency, supporting personnel through trauma, and implementing structured debriefing and reintegration protocols.
o Understanding and Preventing Police Suicide: A candid and evidence-based discussion on suicide risk factors, early warning signs, and intervention strategies tailored to law enforcement. This session will also provide critical guidance for police leaders on how to respond in the aftermath of a suicide within their agency, including communication strategies, supporting impacted personnel, minimizing stigma, and fostering a culture that promotes early intervention and long-term healing.
– Clinicians & EMDR in Law Enforcement Support: Learn how trauma-informed therapy, especially Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), helps officers process critical incidents and cumulative stress.
– Critical Incident Debrief and the Aftermath: a powerful first-hand account from a law enforcement professional who survived a critical incident and will share their personal journey through trauma, recovery, and resilience—offering insight into the importance of agency support and meaningful post-incident steps.
07:45-08:15
– Check-in
08:15-08:20
– Opening remarks
08:20-12:00
– 4th Watch
12:00-13:00
– Hosted lunch
1300-1350
– Clinicians & EMDR in Law Enforcement: Treatment that Works: Culturally Competent Care for Cops with Jade DeFrates
13:50-14:00
– Break
14:00-14:50
– 4th Watch: Suicide Prevention and Debrief
14:50-16:50
– Keynote Session: Critical Incident Debrief & the Aftermath
16:50
– Closing – Ret. Chief Gang
Cancellation Policy
Effective 8/1/18
All cancellations and substitutions MUST be in writing and directed to the CPOA Training Coordinator cpoa@cpoa.org. All refunds will be processed within 30 days from the written date of the cancellation request.
Cancellations made 30 calendar days or more from the first day of your registered course will be refunded minus a $30 cancellation fee.
Cancellations made 29 calendar days to 10 calendar days from the first day of your registered course will receive a 50% refund.
Cancellations made 9 calendar days or less from the first day of your registered course are NOT eligible to receive a refund.
*Registrants who cannot attend a course are strongly encouraged to find a substitution.
Substitution Policy
CPOA encourages you to make a substitution if a student cannot attend the course; substitutions will be accepted prior to the course in writing and on-site.
*Registration Policy
CPOA will not register anyone for a class unless payment has been received in full. If you are not able to provide payment with registration you may provide a credit card to hold the seat. However, all students must be paid in full 10 days prior to the class. If payment is not received and a card has been given to hold the seat, it will be charged.
