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Behind the Badge
A PTSD And Suicide
Outreach & Prevention Seminar
Thursday, November 6, 2014
The Mississippi Division
of the Southern States PBA, Inc. and the
Police Benevolent Foundation, Inc.have
partnered with In Harm’s Way Suicide Prevention Program, Mississippi L.E.A.P.S. program, RCTA and the Mississippi PBA to educate
law enforcement administrators, law
enforcement officers and their family
members about the hidden dangers of PTSD and
its connection to the high rate of law
enforcement suicide.
On Thursday, November 6th, the Foundation is
conducting an informational seminar about
PTSD and law enforcement suicide. This event
will be held at Regional Counterdrug Training Academy (RCTA) in Meridian. This seminar is
absolutely free, and it is extremely
valuable in its potential for saving lives,
careers and most importantly – saving
families.
Registration Closed View the poster
The Facts:
•More officers die each year by their own hands then are killed in the line of
duty.
•Law enforcement suicide is seldom addressed or acknowledged by law
enforcement agencies.
•Each day an officer makes the choice to take his/her own life.
•Of the nation’s approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies, only about
2% have policies or programs that address law enforcement PTSD or suicide
prevention.
Invite your friends, your family members and co‐workers to this event.
Membership in the PBA is NOT A REQUIREMENT for attending this seminar.
Our goal is to educate all officers in all departments. Because this is a
FREE event, seating is limited, so please register you and your guests
immediately.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
219 Fuller Road
Naval Air Station
Meridian, MS
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM; Lunch; 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Spouses/family members are encouraged to attend
Speaker
Courtesy of RCTA
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Tim
Rutledge
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Director of Training for the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
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Major from the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (Retired)
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Founder and Director of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Alliance for
Peer Support (LEAPS)
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Distinguished Service Awards for the top producing Agent; 2 Meritorious
Service Awards; 2 Outstanding Case of the Year Awards; 2 Federal
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Awards |
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Dr. James D. Sewell
James D. Sewell retired from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
in February 2005. During his tenure with FDLE, he held a variety of
positions, including Assistant Commissioner; Deputy Commissioner;
Regional Director of FDLE’s Tampa Bay Regional Operations Center;
Director of the Division of Criminal Justice Information Systems; and
Director of the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute. He also
served as Chief of Police for the City of Gulfport, Florida, for nearly
five years. Additionally, he held positions with the Florida Department
of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and The Florida State University
Department of Public Safety, where he began his law enforcement career
in 1973.
Dr. Sewell received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Criminology from The
Florida State University. He has published two textbooks, one in its
second edition, and over fifty journal articles and book chapters,
principally on law enforcement management and law enforcement stress. He
holds Diplomat status within the American Academy of Experts in
Traumatic Stress and is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and
in Stress Management by that body. Dr. Sewell is a graduate of the
Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute Chief Executive Seminar
(Eighth Class) and F.B.I. National Academy (114th Session) and is a Life
Member of both the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the
Florida Police Chiefs Association. |
Contact: The Police Benevolent Foundation, Inc
– 770-389-5391 or toll free: 800-233-3506 |