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Justice Talks

Episode 13: Officer health and wellness: Using sports psychology to increase officer resilience

In our previous CNA Justice Talks podcast, we discussed the importance of the 911 professional in enhancing officer safety. In this episode, Hildy Saizow led a discussion with Dr. Brandi Burque, Dr. William Land, and Officer Cliff Burns on the intersection of sports psychology, law enforcement, and wellness programming. Saizow, Burque, Land, and Burns discuss the Performance Recovery and Optimization (PRO) model and how aspects of each of the six skills - tactical, mental, physical, spiritual, social, and financial - featured in a wellness program can create a holistic program for justice system professionals.

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Biographies

Hildy Saizow is a Principal Advisor at the CNA Center for Justice Research and Innovation with more than 30 years of experience in research, policy analysis, and training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies, and the host for Justice Talks.

Dr. Brandi Burque-DeCarlo is a co-founder of the Human Performance Readiness Institute and is currently a psychologist with a law enforcement agency where she is responsible for providing psychological treatment for police officers and their families, teaching classes for the police academy and for other various local and federal agencies.

Dr. William Land is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas San Antonio, works in the Human Performance Laboratory, and is an expert in sports psychology.

Officer Cliff Burns is a co-founder of the Human Performance Readiness Institute and is an officer with a law enforcement agency in Texas.

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