Intensive Session: Fit for Duty: Physical Health for Officer Safety and Safety through Mental Wellness and Resilience

SESSION INFO

Friday, June 28, 2024
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session Type: Intensive

As officers, we regularly place ourselves in harm’s way to protect others. Too often, however, we do a poor job of addressing our own well-being. This course will use a data-driven approach to identify potential long-term health risks that come from working in law enforcement. This course will focus on the physical aspects of officer health and identify purposeful actions that we can take to attain and maintain optimal health and fitness. This training examines the leading cause of officer death—suicide. This reality emphasizes the importance of investing in your mental wellness. Learn how to take back control and be responsible for your health and wellness. Mental wellness will enhance your officer safety, agency goals, and personal satisfaction through a work-life balance.

SESSION PRESENTERS

George Mussini
Detective, Baltimore County Police Department


Detective George Mussini has been serving with the Baltimore County, Maryland, Police Department (BCPD) since 1997. He is a member of the Baltimore County Peer Support and Wellness Team and has served in many different roles including police officer, juvenile offender unit, community outreach, police academy instructor, domestic violence liaison, crime prevention, youth leadership programs and also served as college professor of criminal justice for 12 years. Detective Mussini began his career as a first responder in 1992, when he joined the Rockville Centre, New York, Fire Department and the Auxiliary Police Department.