Improving Wellness and Retention with Practical Adjustments and Research

Monday, October 21, 2024

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Location: 258A

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Greg Fried

Major
Fairfax County (VA) Police Department
Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

Speaker(s)

Vera Daniel, LCSW

Director of Health and Wellness
Fairfax County (VA) Police Department
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Beidi Dong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Meghan Kathleen Housley

Management Analyst
Fairfax County (VA) Police Department
Brad Libby

Lieutenant
Fairfax County (VA) Police Department
Gainesville, Virginia, United States
Cynthia Lum, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Police agencies are struggling with retaining employees, increases in retirements and premature separations, and lower-than-normal hiring numbers. The Fairfax County Police Department, in collaboration with George Mason University’s Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and the National Policing Institute, is developing and implementing new approaches in both practice and research to improve their ability to retain high-quality officers. This panel will detail these efforts, including behavioral and physical wellness resources for current officers and a one-of-a-kind longitudinal research study to support these interventions.