Behavioral Health Services Manager
Metropolitan Nashville (TN) Police Department
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
David Kennington, MA, LPC, MHSP
Biographical Information
David Kennington is a Licensed Professional Counselor employed by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) since 2007. He currently serves as the Behavioral Health Services Manager. MNPD has a comprehensive officer wellness program which contains 3 separate, yet interactive Units (Counseling, Sworn Wellness , Chaplain.) The wellness program offers many services including, psychotherapy, training, trauma and critical incident response, peer support, family support, veteran support, chaplain services, mentoring and wellness checks. He provides therapy to law enforcement personnel and their families, is a certified officer wellness instructor and leads critical incident stress debriefings. He has over 36 years of experience in the field of wellness and mental heatlh. He is recognized by the IACP as a subject matter expert in officer wellness and has served as a delegate on Officer Safety and Wellness Panels at the Department of Justice. He has a B.A. in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin (1988) and a M.A. in Professional Counseling from The University of Texas at Tyler (1994).
Mass Demonstration Planning, Response, and Recovery
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET