There is a lot of buzz today in law enforcement about wellness programs, tools, and interventions. Investing in employees’ health and wellness, including psychological or mental health, is a smart way to run an agency.

More importantly, it demonstrates to employees that their whole-person fitness is important, and that an employer values their well-being. The challenges many agencies face in this arena are developing a program that incorporates multiple facets of employee care, attending to the specific needs of their agency, and then sustaining program implementation.

A primary shift in psychological interventions that focus on wellness is moving from reactive or need-based contacts to proactive and preventative engagement. As a profession, can police executives have the same mindset, that mental health is of equal importance to physical health? That psychological resiliency and corporal strength are partners in a healthy and strong workforce?