• Traditional barriers to wellness programs
• The costs to employers of inadequate wellness, including liability claims, workers’ compensation claims, and general job performance
• The different kinds of wellness: psychological, physical, family, financial, and holistic
• Starting a program – what online and other resources are available?
• Should participation be mandatory?
• The need for confidentiality of wellness programs
• Integrating training and education with wellness and finding time in the workday for wellness
• The roles of the Department psychologist/counselor/chaplain and peer leaders/fitness trainers. What kinds of personalities are you looking for as part of the wellness team?
• Mindfulness in the public safety workplace
• Including civilian employees in the program
• Metrics for success of a wellness program
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Topics Included:

• An overview of the program. How we started in 1986 with 1 counselor and have evolved to having a more comprehensive wellness program
• Overview of our various services, including counseling, critical incident response, wellness and resiliency training, peer support, family support, chaplain support, veteran support, wellness outreach, training and development and a brand new mentoring program
• Crisis Management Model- Pre Crisis, Crisis, Post Crisis Interventions
• Focus on how we provide various services from hire to retire and beyond
• Our approach to attacking stigma of mental health and some of our direct interventions
• MNPD Wellness Program which covers 5 types of wellness checks offered to our department
• Core value of building Healthy, Trusting Relationships with officers and families from Day 1
• Guiding principles that led to adding a sworn wellness unit to an already established counseling unit