Program – Monday 14 July

M2.1 Advancing Organizational Health and Resilience     

Convenor: Katy Kamkar
Chair:
Panellists:

• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Study: An Overview with Recent Results and Opportunities for all Police
  Dr. R. Nicholas Carleton, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Regina

• Advancing Organizational Health and Resilience
  Mark Crowell, Chief of Police, Waterloo Regional Police Service

• Building Organizational Resiliency
  Chris Harkins, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Deputy Commissioner

• Creating Resilient Organizations: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Leadership and Workforce Well-Being
  Dr. Katy Kamkar, Clinical Psychologist and Federal Associate Organizational Ombudsperson, PSPC

• Advancing Organizational and Community Health & Resilience Through Leadership and Care
  Shahin Mehdizadeh, Chief of Police, Lethbridge Police Service, Alberta;

• “Stories are Science”: Developing Personal Narratives to Enhance Leadership Skills
  Jeff Thompson, Retired NYPD Detective; Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

M2.2 Redefining Crisis Response: Systems Transformation through Toronto Community Crisis Services (TCCS)

Convenor: Amna Iqbal
Chair: Liben Gebremikael (CEO, TAIBU CHC)
Panellists:

• Racquel Hamlet, Chief Operations and Transformation Officer, TAIBU
  CHC
• Mohamed Shuriye, Executive Director (Interim), Social Development, City of Toronto
• Julius Haag, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream of Sociology at the University of Toronto

M2.3 Driving whole system approach to prevention in Scotland – the Scottish Prevention Hub

Convenor: Clair Thomson
Chair:
Panellists:

• Kristy Docherty, Director of Public Services, Co-Director Scottish Prevention Hub, Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
• Clair Thomson, Co-Director Scottish Prevention Hub, Police Scotland
• Diane Stockton, Co-Director Scottish Prevention Hub, Public Health Scotland
• Stan Gilmour, Oxon Advisory

Talks:

• Our journey – sharing the how: blueprint for transformation
• Our collaborative leadership approach – the 4-principles
• Data collaboration

M2.4 Road safety

Convenor: Levi Anderson
Chair:

• The Role of Police Uniforms and Views of Police Legitimacy in Reducing Young Driver Offending
  Dr Levi Anderson, PhD Candidate, Griffith University
  Co-authors: Lyndel Bates, Lacey Schaefer

• Police Legitimacy and Traffic Offending: Examining the Impact of Police Legitimacy on Perceptions of Enforcement and Traffic Offendings
  Dr Levi Anderson, Research Associate, University of the Sunshine Coast
  Co-author: Dr Verity Truelove, University of the Sunshine Coast

• Police Officers and Camera-Based Enforcement – Impact of Enforcement on Driver Perceptions and Offending Behaviour
  Dr Levi Anderson, Research Associate, University of the Sunshine Coast
  Co-author: Dr Verity Truelove, University of the Sunshine Coast

• Police perceptions after two different types of random breath test operations
  Lyndel Bates, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute; and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  Co-authors: Dr Elise Sargeant, Dr Margo Van Felius, Dr Shane Doyle, Michael Pass, Corey Allen, Emma Bures, Professor Peter Martin, Peter Hosking

• Risky road use and perceptions of the safe system
  Lyndel Bates, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute; and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  Co-authors: Dr Candice Potter, Michael Pass

• How do police officers adapt a procedural justice script during random roadside breath tests? Body-worn camera analysis during a randomised control trial.
  Dr Margo van Felius, Lecturer, Griffith Criminology Institute and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  Co-authors: Associate Professor Lyndel Bates, Dr Elise Sargeant, Dr Shane Doyle, Michael Pass, Corey Allen, Professor Peter Martin, Peter Hosking

• Caution or Consequence? Evaluating the Impact of Traffic Infringement Cautions on Road Safety in Tasmania
  Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, Associate Professor, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, University of Tasmania
  Co-author: James Dwyer

M2.5 Supporting Whole Systems Change for Violence Prevention in Wales

Convenor: Dr Joanne Hopkins, Public Health Wales and Visiting Professor, Wrexham University
Chair:

• Wales Without Violence: Development of a Shared Framework for Preventing Violence Among Children and Young People
  Emma Barton, Wales Violence Prevention Unit, Public Health Wales

• Wales Without Violence: Integrating Behavioural Science to Support Whole System Change for Violence Prevention
  Bryony Parry, Violence Prevention Unit, Public Health Wales

• Developing a national conversation on trauma and adversity in Wales
  Joseff Bromwell, Public Health Wales

• Understanding the Health Needs of Women at Risk of Entering the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in North Wales – Community Based Support to Build Trust and promote Whole Systems Leadership
  Dr Joanne Hopkins, Public Health Wales and Visiting Professor, Wrexham University

P2.1 LE Health and Wellbeing 1

Chair:

• The psychological and physical health impacts associated with assaults against Canadian police officers
  Adam D. Vaughan, Associate Professor, University of Regina
  Co-author: Greg S. Anderson

• Risk factors for suicide and suicidal behaviour among public safety personnel: findings from a systematic review
  Joseph K. Burns, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Neurosciences Program
  Co-authors: Nicole Edgar, Simon Hatcher

• Police Suicide Investigations: The Science, Honor, and Dignity of Stories
  Dr. Jeff Thompson, Researcher, Lipscomb University

• Segmenting the Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) investigator workforce: implications for wellbeing and burnout
  Richard Harding, Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Equity for Uniformed Public Services (CEEUPS), Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)
  Co-authors: Dr Arun Sondhi, Prof Emma Williams

P2.2 ACEs and Trauma-informed Policing 1

Chair:

• Developing a trauma informed system- the journey to “Trauma Informed Lancashire”
  Justin Srivastava, Director of Justin Srivastava Consulting Limited, Retired UK Police Superintendent for the National Police Chief’s Council and Lancashire Violence Reduction Network
  Co-author: Dr Warren Larkin

• Adverse childhood experiences, and violence and criminal justice outcomes in adulthood – the mediating role of positive and compensatory childhood experiences
  Zara Quigg, Professor, Liverpool John Moores University
  Co-authors: Nadia Butler, Charley Wilson, Mark A Bellis

ACEs and Trauma-informed Policing 2

Chair:

• Breaking Cycles, Building Trust: A Trauma-Informed Lens on Youth, Violence, and Justice
  Andy Luu, Concurrent Disorder Service Coordinator – NaAve Child and Family Services Toronto

• Empathy’s Burden: The Complexities of Nurturing Relationships
  Dr Tegan Brierley-Sollis, Lecturer in Policing, Criminology and Trauma Informed Approaches at Wrexham University
  Co-author: Dr Caroline Hughes

• Conceptions and Applications of Trauma-informed Policing: International Perspectives –  Preliminary Insights
  Michele Pich, PhD Candidate, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, USA

• Mapping the Margins: Addressing Racialized Disparities in Justice through Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Victim Response
  Nela Kalpic, Natioanal Victim Rights Advocate, State Director at Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin

P2.3 Violence – sexual, intimate partner and other 1

Chair:

• ‘Cuckooing’ Victimisation as a Form of Adult Grooming and Exploitation
  Dr Laura Bainbridge, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, University of Leeds

• Presenting a Desistance Practice Framework to support police professionals working with people with sexual convictions
  Stephanie Kewley, Professor of Forensic and Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
  Co-author: Dr Sarah Pemberton

• Developing quality standards through co-production – a community response to online child sexual eploitation and abuse victimisation
  Dr Larissa Engelmann, Research Fellow, ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, University of Leeds, UK
  Co-authors: Professor Corinne May-Chahal, Dr Christine A Weirich

• Vigilante Justice: Do ‘Paedophile Hunters’ Help or Hinder Law Enforcement?
  Stephanie Kewley, Professor of Forensic and Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
  Co-author: Paige Barker

P2.4 LE and Mental Health 1

Chair:

• The Invention of Urgency: The Transformation of the Police Role in Society’s Response to Mental Illness, 1900-1980
  David Thacher, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

• Early Mental Health Indicators in Child and Youth Police Encounters: Insights from the interRAI BMHS
  Roxana Vernescu, Assistant Professor, CHFS and PSYC, Nipissing University
  Co-authors: Hoffman, R., Brown, G., Mathias, K.

• The Mental Wellbeing Response Team: Adopting a Different Approach For Access to Mental Health Care in the Community
  Ashleigh Hewer, Advanced Care Paramedic and Mental Wellbeing Response Team Member with the Ottawa Paramedic Service

• Developing Evidence-Based Psychosis Training for Police: The UPSKILL Programme
  Dr Carolina Campodonico, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Central Lancashire

MoI 2.1

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The Brain of a First Responder

Convenor: Stephanie Neuman, Former Police Sgt., LCSW

Stephanie has been a mental health therapist for over 13 years. Prior to that she served 10 years in law enforcement as a Detention Officer, Patrol Officer and Patrol Sergeant. Stephanie brings to life the reality of trauma in the brain for participants. The Brain of a First Responder takes participants inside their minds and allows for understanding as to how trauma has impacted their world while being in the role of a first responder.

Addressing the High Frequency of Mental Health Calls Within Canadian Policing: Promoting a Priority Shift in Educational Policy to Direct Practice

Convenor: Lisa Deveau, PhD candidate, Queen’s University

Policing today highlights a gap between officer training and preparedness, and the realities of responding to vulnerable populations, particularly individuals with mental illnesses or in crisis. Research can address these challenges and reveal opportunities for discussions on how to address the realities. In this discussion, I will share research using Statistics Canada data showing that mental health-related calls often occupy more of a patrol officer’s time than traditional criminal matters.

Entangled: How People With Serious Mental Illness Get Caught in the Misdemeanor System

Convenor: Leah Pope, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute

In this session, we examine the contexts and behaviors that lead to the arrest and processing of people with serious mental illnesses through the misdemeanor criminal legal system. We use data from our four-site study of misdemeanor processing among people with serious mental illnesses, as well as related projects, to gain an understanding of how, despite significant resources, commitment, and effort, individuals with serious mental illnesses remain entangled in misdemeanor systems. We also explore developments in the criminal legal and mental health systems that hold promise for advancing solutions for what has proven to be an intractable problem.

MoI 2.2

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Is it time for a New 1st Responder Role?

Convenor: Amy C Watson, Professor, School of Social Work, Wayne State University

We propose the development of a new first responder professional role, the Community Behavioral Health Crisis Responder (CBHCR).  To begin operationalizing this idea, we convened a group of experts; conducted key informant interviews with people with expertise related to crisis services, emergency response, and law enforcement; and held focus groups with people working as crisis/alternative responders, people who use crisis services, and their family members.  This information was used to develop the values, competencies, and skills for CBHCRs. We are now cross-walking this with trainings from existing alternative response programs and developing a training and credentialling process for CBHCRs that is not premised on other professions, academic degrees, or traditional clinical licensure. As a 4th branch of first response, CBHCRs will have a professional identity and a credentialling process that ensures the competency and skills needed for the work.

Toronto Community Crisis Service at TAIBU CHC: A Step In the Right Direction

Convenor: Racquel Hamlet, Chief Operations and Transformation Officer, Wellness and Community Crisis, TAIBU CHC

Toronto Community Crisis Service is a community-led, community driven mental health mobile crisis team which has established a healthy working relationship with law enforcement since 2022. TCCS works in tandem in the community when needed to attend calls that may be of a mental health nature but also a safety concern that we cannot manage. TCCS is a part of assisting with specific training modules for new recruit police officers as well as community neighborhood police liaisons. We help to inform their understanding of how to work with community members that have mental health challenges.

How a Multi-System Coordinated System of Care Increases Public Safety While Enhancing Community Connectedness and Reducing Harm for All

Convenor: Najja Morris-Frazier, Director, LEAD Support Bureau

Let Everyone Advance with Dignity/Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a public health initiative established in 2011 in Seattle to address criminal offenses driven by unmet behavioral health needs, extreme poverty, and homelessness through a public health and safety lens. Since its inception in 2011, LEAD has successfully expanded to over 100 sites leading to reduced reliance on law enforcement to address public safety concerns, an essential catalyst for strengthening community resilience and building opportunities for true reconciliation among all stakeholders.This session will explore the importance of involving all partners in the criminal legal system, service providers, and community members in conversations aimed at driving change and transforming harmful cultures. We will explore how to turn a collaborative approach to community care and safety into reality, sharing real-life stories that highlight the positive impact of meeting people at the intersection of enforcement and public safety. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how the LEAD program can help reduce harm to individuals within the system and to the public at large. We will also discuss how it can build more resilient and safer communities through shared goals and relationship-building.

Toronto Community Crisis Service at TAIBU CHC: A Step In the Right
Direction

Convenors: Brendalee Cox, Marie-Eve Barasubiye, Kristyn Thompson, Ron Stoddard, TAIBU CHC

MoI 2.3

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Lighting the Fire Within – N’Debwewin (My Truth) – A curriculum to address Gender Based Violence from a Proactive Approach

Convenor: Taylor Sayers, Director of Corporate Services, UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service

The UCCM Police developed the N’Debwewin curriculum as a part of the Lighting the Fire Within (LTFW) project. LTFW was created with a specific goal to reduce the gender-based violence (GBV) statistics in the Indigenous communities that the police served. The curriculum was created to teach individuals about their roles in a relationship, and what a healthy family structure looks like. It uses Indigenous cultural teachings to teach about the roles and responsibilities of individuals in a family unit.

Lighting the Fire Within – A Culture and Trauma Informed Curriculum – Delivery and Impacts.

Convenor: Taylor Sayers, Director of Corporate Services, UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service
Co-authors: Lorrilee McGregor, Det Sgt Todd Fox

The UCCM Police has been delivering a culture and trauma informed curriculum that was developed by Taylor Sayers, as a part of the Lighting the Fire Within (LTFW) project. LTFW was created with a specific goal to reduce the gender-based violence (GBV) statistics in the Indigenous communities that the police served.

P3.1 LE Health and Wellbeing 2

Chair:

• Evaluating Officer Wellbeing Initiatives in the Maltese Police Service
  Prof Jyoti Belur, Professor of Policing, University College London
  Co-authors: Dr Sandra Scicluna, Annabel Cuff

• Promising Practices to Support the Health and Wellness of Law Enforcement Personnel
  Mauranne Ste-Marie, Senior Research Analyst, Program Research and Development, Sensitive and Specialized Investigative Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  Co-author: Cheryl Tremblay

• Preview: Mitigating Impacts of Exposure (Taking Care of the Caregivers) Health and Wellness Training
  Cheryl Tremblay, Manager, Health and Wellness Program, Sensitive and Specialized Investigative Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  Co-author: Mauranne Ste-Marie
  
• The ‘Police Progression Paradox? Why are Women Under-Represented Across the Middle Ranks of the Police?
  Sarah Kingston, Professor of Criminal Justice & Policing
  Co-authors: Birdsall N, Hough J

P3.2 Violence – sexual, intimate partner and other 2

Chair:

• Mitigating Gender-Based Violence with Sexuality Education Among Colleges of Education Students in Ogun State, Nigeria: An Experimental Approach
  Dr. Rebecca Oluwafunmibi Ojeniyi, Senior Lecturer, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

• Delivering integrated responses to domestic and family violence: Challenges of cross sector partnering
  Dr Margo van Felius, Lecturer, Griffith Criminology Institute and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  Co-authors: Professor Christine Bond (GCI), Professor Janet Ransley

• Ethical Leadership Approaches in times of crisis: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Girls in Rural Migori County, Kenya
  Dr. Kutisha Ebron, Adjunct Faculty , Southern New Hampshire University

• Community-Led Approaches to Youth Violence Prevention: Lessons from the UK’s Neighbourhood Fund
  Rebecca Bates, Researcher, Liverpool John Moores University (UK)
  Co-authors: Zara Quigg, Andy Newton

• Police visibility and community information sharing: Keys to combating Crime in Kumasi, Ghana
  Emmanuel Kusi, Station Officer, Ghana Police Service

P3.4 LE and Mental Health 2

Chair:

• Blurring the Lines: Policing at the Front Line of Mental Health Crisis
  Dr Carolina Campodonico, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Central Lancashire

• Mental health policing policy in England: Moving towards the ‘Right care’ or throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
  Dr Claire Warrington, Research Fellow, ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre & Institute for Mental Health Research at York, University of York, UK

• Police Mental Health Act Apprehensions: Who Gets Taken to Hospital?
  Dr. Ron Hoffman, Associate Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Nipissing University;
  Co-author: Professor Gregory P. Brown

• Mental Health Indicators at First Police Contact: Unique vs.Repeat Encounters
  Roxana Vernescu, Assistant Professor, CHFS and PSYC, Nipissing University
  Co-authors: Hoffman, R., Brown, G., Mathias, K. – CRJS, Nipissing University

P3.5 Drug use, harm reduction and HIV 1

Chair:

• Evaluating the effects of Toronto’s supervised consumption sites on crime: multiple baseline interrupted time series analyses with and without synthetic controls
  Geoff Ingram, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
  Co-authors: Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Jihoon Lim, Mariam El Sheikh, Imen Farhat, Xander Bjornsson, Maximilian Schaefer

• Perceptions and Experiences with Police among People Who Use Drugs in the Initial Year of British Columbia’s Decriminalization of Illegal Drugs Policy
  Cayley Russell, Research Manager, Ontario Node, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM)
  Co-authors: Geoff Bardwell, Matthew Bonn, Jade Boyd, Elaine Hyshka, Jurgen Rehm, Farihah Ali

• Out-of-treatment people using crack cocaine in an English town: the role for social policy and law enforcement
  Dr Andrew Papworth, Research Associate, School for Business and Society, University of York, UK
  Co-authors: Geoff Page, Tiggey May, Bina Bhardwa, Charlie Lloyd

• Police officers’ opinions and experiences of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy one year after implementation
  Dr Amanda Butler, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Simon Fraser University
  Co-authors: Dr Winnie Agnew-Pauley, Sarah Ferencz, Dr Alissa Greer

• A Safer Downtown for All:  Involving People Who Use Drugs in Solutions to Public Safety
  Rob Boyd, Chief Executive Officer, Ottawa Inner City Health

• The short-term impacts of the decriminalization of personal possession of select illegal drugs on drug-related criminal incidents and criminal cases in British Columbia, Canada (2013 to 2023)
  Sameer Imtiaz, Staff Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto

MoI 3.1

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Amplifying the Voices of the Unheard – Creative Research Methodologies to Promote Understanding of Stigma and Shame and Substance Use/Mental Ill-Health

Convenor: Joanne Hopkins, Programme Director, ACEs, Criminal Justice and Violence Prevention, Public Health Wales

People with lived experience of adversity and trauma experience stigma and shame, which often prevents them seeking help or being able to trust people or organisations. Storytelling through visual and creative arts has provided an opportunity for people recovering from substance use to advocate and influence for change. A short series of animations by people with lived experience of substance use, stigma and shame, co-developed by people with lived experience, Dyfed Powys Police and Powys Health Board, to challenge perceptions of public services that they are trauma-informed towards substance users

Evidence to Action: The Ottawa Police CORE Strategic Prevention Framework

Convenor: Ryan McEachran, Sergeant, Ottawa Police Service

Public safety and public health sectors share a mission of proactively preventing harm. Crime and public health issues frequently overlap, concentrating in specific places and affecting vulnerable groups disproportionately. CORE integrates evidence-based crime prevention principles by combining police and public health approaches that reflect community-driven, place-based problem solving. It strategically focuses on areas where crime and health harms concentrate, using balanced interventions tailored to local contexts. CORE’s approach emphasizes fairness, legitimacy, and addressing root causes to sustainably reduce harm and enhance community safety.

MoI 3.2

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Lighting the Fire Within – Come to Play (Aambe Daamnidaa) – A play based curriculum to connect with youth

Convenor: Taylor Sayers, Director of Corporate Services, UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service

The UCCM Police has developed and tested a Come to Play (Aambe Daamnidaa) curriculum that was developed by many as a part of the Lighting the Fire Within (LTFW) project. LTFW was created with a specific goal to reduce the gender-based violence (GBV) statistics in the Indigenous communities that the police served. The play-based program includes everyone and teaches the youth about Mino Bimaadziwin (living a good life). It teaches them about the importance of taking care of themselves, their communities, and allows them to learn the Indigenous cultural teachings.

Hearing is Believing – The Importance of Storytelling and Story Listening in developing Wisdom about the Experiences of People who are Less Heard

Convenor: Joanne Hopkins, Programme Director, ACEs, Criminal Justice and Violence Prevention, Public Health Wales

Marginalised and racialised communities in Wales feel, and often are excluded – story telling and deep listening is an effective way to engage, build trust and inform change. Story telling is overlooked by decision makers in favour of statistics and ‘hard’ data – losing the complexity and nuance of cross-cultural individual, community and intergenerational experience. This work seeks to engage people in being heard. Films and animations from people with lived experience,  how their stories brought change, activities and material to take away.

MoI 3.3

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What about the families? Introducing Garnet Families

Convenor: Heidi Cramm, Professor, Queen’s University

Public safety families serve alongside their loved ones, navigating a complex array of lifestyle dimensions. The public safety community increasingly looks to better understand where and how organizations might engage with and support families. Garnet Families has evolved in response to these needs, bringing police and public safety families together, along with those that study, serve, and support them, creating a mutually-informing research ecosystem to create and disseminate free, evidence-based resources like PSPNET Families to everyone.

First Responder Mental Health Programs: looking at a continuum of care

Convenor: Bailey Puchyr-Chartier, Registered Psychologist-AB, Doctoral student California Southern University

With a decade of experience in treating first responders and several years prior working alongside first responders, this talk will focus on the far less discussed stressors and traumas in law enforcement professionals’ lives, which do not rise to the level of being a critical incident and yet can be debilitating. A significant amount of public safety personnel (PSP) experience occupational stress injuries (OSI) that are not directly related to critical incidents; these, too, can lead to a range of mental health challenges and impacts on health. This talk will use case vignettes from the last decade of my work that will be anonymized for privacy. It will allow for an interactive talk in which we look at the kinds of stressors and crises in the lives of law enforcement that do not rise to the level of a critical incident but nonetheless impact well-being, sleep, mood, functioning, and job performance.

Enhancing Wellbeing and Resilience through Somatic Sound Healing: Chaplain-Supported Wellness for Law Enforcement and First Responders

Convenor: Orisha A. Bowers, Executive Director, Orixa Healing Arts Wellness and Spiritual Centre

This workshop addresses the critical need for effective stress management and resilience building specifically among law enforcement officers and first responders of color who are at disproportionate risk of various physical and mental health challenges. By integrating somatic sound healing with chaplain support, participants are offered a unique, holistic approach to wellness that acknowledges and addresses the interconnected aspects of health affected by their demanding roles.

MoI 3.4

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Harm prevention in police custodial detention

Convenor: Ross Hendy, Lecturer, Monash University, Australia

This interactive workshop seeks to build a dialogue between police researchers and public health practitioners towards reducing deaths and other harms in police custodial detention. We are working on an international comparison to identify best practices in police custodial detention in Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland. The session will commence with a 20-minute overview of our international research programme and then seek dialogue with other practitioners on a series of questions and discussion prompts.

How to Make Initial Responses to Domestic Violence Calls Brain Injury Sensitive

Convenor: Halina (Lin) Haag, Research Fellow & Contract Faculty Member, Wilfrid Laurier University

The intersection of intimate partner violence-related brain injury (IPV-BI) has been almost entirely overlooked in research, policy, and practice. Physical violence during IPV can cause BIs, both through blows to the face, head, and neck, and through non-fatal strangulation. A general lack of IPV-BI awareness, gaps in screening, and unique barriers to healthcare and law enforcement leave many survivors undiagnosed and/or unaware of their BI, further complicating identification and support. Our session will be a structured group discussion seeking to gain insight into existing knowledge around IPV-BI, daily practice in answering domestic violence calls, and how to build on current success while addressing challenges to positive outcomes. This session is intended to be part of an ongoing research project tasked with developing IPV-BI training for law enforcement and healthcare professionals. As such, it will be offered in a focus group style with guiding questions and open discussion with participants.