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Fun day today teaching at Central Arizona College! Look forward to seeing more great students next month at Prescott Valley Police Department! Today we had Sheriff Deputies from Pinal County, Intel Emergency Management, Federal Probation, and Campus Police in attendance! Awesome people!

Come join us for free at our next De-Escalation training in Coolidge, AZ! Sign up today to come learn evidenced based skills to improve safety outcomes!

I had the distinct honor of meeting with our Maricopa County Sheriff today- Sheriff Jerry Sheridan.

I had heard stories of him that he loved his guys, took care of them and had a passion for the job as a “cops cop.” I could not have been more impressed and grateful for our meeting. In all my decades of working with law enforcement, I’ve always done it as an unsworn civilian. While we were meeting I told him a story that when I was a kid watching westerns with my dad, I always wanted to be a Sheriff’s Deputy.

Then being the kind gentleman he is, he asked if I had more time to spend with him. While we chatted more he called his staff in to take a picture of me, then in 15 minutes, he honored me with fulfilling my childhood dream of swearing me in as a special deputy! I raised my right hand and took the very meaningful oath to serve our community and nation! All I can feel is wowed and humbled! Thank you sir for your dedicated service and for entrusting me with this privilege. As a First Responder Psychologist I couldn’t imagine a higher honor from someone of such pedigree!
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Great week back last week meeting with some amazing friends and colleagues in the community. Great partnerships to help more people along the way! William Martinez Topher Bradshaw Carrie Collins, MPA

For citizens who want to make a difference in our nations active shooter crisis- I’ve worked with my friend Chief Brian Peete, M.A. as he’s developed a solution to preventing active shooter cases! Please read more here and donate to help the cause. Brian is an upstanding man and is doing his best to makes all communities safer to live in!

Donate to Help Protect Our Communities from Active Shooter Violence, organized by Brian Peete Every year, communities across the United States are devastated … Brian Peete needs your support for Help Protect Our Communities from Active Shooter Violence

We’re just 1 week out from our 2025 BluePaz First Responder online annual health & wellness conference! Look forward to seeing everyone online next week and hearing from all our amazing presenters! Melissa Kaiser, LBSW will be joining us as a new addition and we’re excited for her to be a part of it! Please share this conference post widely with your channels globally so everyone has an opportunity to learn together! Thank you to our sponsors for making this conference free to everyone!

What an awesome day getting a chance to spend time with our Customs and Border Protection peer support and chaplain agents in Tucson, AZ! We had an honest and real conversation about many aspects of peer support and self care. Thank you to the peer support team (Teresa, Maria, Claudia & Lou) for having me!

Honoring Fallen Officer Suzanne O from Maui PD, and other fallen officers this week across the nation! House is decked in blue!
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Here’s the invite to our next monthly Mental Health Tactical Intervention (MHTI) class being held in Camp Verde at the Marshall’s Office on July 22nd. Look forward to seeing you all there!

Posting this great opportunity for all who are interested and available.