OP Overwatch offers free trauma-education programs for Niagara County first responders

Jun 18, 2025

OP Overwatch, a Lockport-based grassroots trauma education ministry, provides free programs and a donated meeting space to first responders across Niagara County and nearby communities, emphasizing education, peer decompression and optional faith-based support.

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OP Overwatch, a grassroots trauma-education ministry based in Lockport, said it trains and supports first responders from across Niagara County and beyond. Founder and executive director Dave Buds described the organization’s donated meeting space — the timber-frame “corral” — and said the group runs multiple, free programs aimed at helping responders decompress and learn about the science of trauma.

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