Sun Tzu & The Officer Resiliency Mindset

2727 Fortner Street,Dothan AL 36305

29 April, 2021

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Officer suicide is on the increase. Examine the strategies, identify vulnerabilities & preventive strategies that can help.-7 hours credit Remember when you first began this job…You would’ve done it for free! Same clientele as when they first began…same less than perfect leadership now as then… Often more officers choose to take their own lives than die in the line of duty from felonious gunfire…Why? Evil is real…It has a plan to defeat you… “The skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible…” –Sun Tzu By examining the battle strategies identified by a highly revered ancient warrior named Sun Tzu, we can identify vulnerabilities in the profession and with them, preventative strategies that can make all the difference in helping officers develop resiliency before a crisis develops! Class Instructor-Jim Bontrager Jim serves as full-time Senior Chaplain/Reserve Officer with the Elkhart Police Dept. in Elkhart, IN and holds his Diplomat Chaplain Credentials with the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC). He is a recipient of numerous awards including the 2012 Wilbert A. Cunningham Award for Excelelnce in Law Enforcement Chaplaincy & the 2013 Excellence in Leadership. He serves as the Vice President of the International Conference of Police Chaplains as well as a National Board Member with the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers-USA. He is author of the offical law enforcement curriculum for the movie "Courageous" and is the founder/director of "Warrior on the Wall" which works to address law enforcement suicide, family breakdown and the unique emotiaonal/spiritual challenges of the profession.