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Police chief outlines second phase of department wellness campaign including peer support and confidential counseling
Summary
Chief Mike Federico described a multi-part employee wellness program for the Port Hueneme Police Department: creation of a peer-support team, a confidential counseling contract with a national provider, on-site stress debriefs, a small station gym funded in part by state grant money, and a schedule of monthly wellness campaigns.
Chief Mike Federico presented the second phase of the Port Hueneme Police Department’s wellness initiative at the Jan. 6 council meeting, describing a mix of personnel programs, counseling services and facility improvements intended to address operational stress and officer well-being.
Federico said the department has added a formal peer-support team chosen by employees and staffed by two long-tenured supervisors who were selected by their peers. The chief said the team was trained and has already been used during difficult incidents in the past year. Federico also said the department contracted Counseling Team International (TCI), a national counseling provider, to…
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