POLICE & PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS

For police and public safety officers, 2 The Rescue provides hands-on training thats second to none and exceeds expectations. Assaults, vehicle crashes, being struck by vehicles and stress are among the most significant hazards police officers face today, according to Safety and Health Protection Efforts in the Police Service by Tom LaTourrette, Ph.D., as published in The Police Chief magazine. Assaults (38%) and vehicle crashes (37%) accounted for the majority of fatal injuries, while driving (16%), traffic stops and traffic-related activities (11%) accounted for most non-fatal injuries.

These factors help explain why in a study of the Buffalo, New York police department, the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health concluded the daily stress faced by police offers puts them at a considerably higher risk for various long-term physical and mental health effects when compared to those in the general population.

Given these ever-present chances of assault, vehicular injury and stress, 2 The Rescue has created courses that can help police officers minimize their risks, enhance their safety and manage their emotional wellness“ all while improving the efficiency with which they perform their duties.

COURSES OFFERED

Zero to 60: Career Survival and Emotional Wellness

Through boots on the ground experiences, 2 The Rescue provides first responders a clear picture of why their profession can lead to destructive habits and unhealthy lifestyles. We will demonstrate how the inability to manage the cumulative stress from daily exposures to adrenaline and trauma can negatively affect the responder’s safety, decision-making and ability to remain ethically solid.

After attending our Career Survival and Emotional Wellness course, your first responders, their loved ones and work family will be armed with tools to manage their everyday stressors. We’ll help them recognize the warning signs for chronic and post-traumatic stress and suicidal behavior. All will leave with realistic, simple and successful methods to help rescue the rescuers!

Loss of Control: Suicide, PTS & High Risk Behavior Education

This frontline experience-based wellness training is designed for first responders, their loved ones, organizational leaders and peer support team members and will address suicide, post traumatic stresses, secondary trauma and accumulative career exposures. Whether you have been in this field 3 weeks or 30 years you will be given life changing tools to be safe, successful and healthy in your career, personal life and into retirement. You will be armed to be a more knowledgeable and effective peer for your partners.

Attendees will learn why the suicide rates are so high within first responders cultures and what must change! You will understand what post traumatic stressors are and be able to recognize high risk lifestyle behaviors so to make personal changes or intervene before it is to late.

Peer Support Team: Bringing Your Team To The Next Level!

Whether you call it a Cop to Cop Responder team or CISM Team, you may be wondering how to bring them to the next level of care for your personnel and their families. This course will help you develop and maintain a successful team, show you how to educate your organization from the top down to the front lines and teach ways to gain the support of your risk management and union leadership. Peer Support Teams is designed as an open discussion format. Two the Rescue will lead the dialogue on a range of training topics, encouraging course participants to raise specific questions on what is and isn’t working in sustaining their peer support team.

Situational Awareness, Personal Threat Assessment and De-Escalation Techniques

Conflict occurs when the beliefs or actions of one or more members of a group are resisted by others. Of course, the violence that can result from such conflict is a concern for any business or organization.

Given the potential for workplace violence, you’ll benefit from 2 The Rescue’s course on Personal Conflict Assessment, Situational Awareness and De-Escalation Techniques. Comprehensive in its approach, it explores proven techniques of awareness and recognition. They emphasize de-escalation, avoidance over confrontation, and how to respond.

Emergency Response Liability & Advanced Driving Strategies

This advanced driver’s training program from 2 The Rescue adheres to your organization’s practices as it meets or exceeds legal statutes of the State of Michigan. The course’s training methods are designed to change your vehicle operator attitudes and modify their driving behaviors in non-emergency, emergency and pursuit operations to help ensure safe, legal and efficient responses in all situations.

TESTIMONIALS

  • "I had the opportunity to sit through 2 The Rescue with Terry and Mike. It was an amazing course that should be adopted by all public safety agencies. Terry has an unbelievable passion for helping others and a commitment to wellness. I had always looked up to Terry and Mike as a young officer working at GRPD. I highly recommend this class. Thank you for making a difference."

    Inspector Jason Nemecek, Michigan State Police

  • "I wanted you to know how much I enjoyed the training. You and Mike are saving lives, saving relationships, and preventing substance abuse with every presentation. Every public safety employee should attend this valuable training. I admire the courage and forthright nature by which you tell your personal story to bring home the importance of emotional wellness for first responders.”

    Daniel J. Mills, Senior Deputy Police & Fire Chief, Portage, MI

  • “I have been in law enforcement for 14 years and this was probably the best course I have attended because I completely felt like it was all about me! I think every officer should attend.”

    Unknown Police Officer, Marshall Regional Law Enforcement Center, Marshall, MI

  • “Excellent program! Plain speak not fancy talk.. REAL WORLD!”

    Calhoun County Sheriff’s Deputy, Calhoun County, MI

  • “The experience of the presenters made a difference. Knowing that they lived it, not just studied it!”

    Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department, Marshall, MI

  • “Much needed and long overdue training. Hit home and the heart. Quite possibly one of the best trainings we have had.”

    19 Year Police Veteran