VALOR

VALOR Mid-Level Law Enforcement Training

On April 19, the Office continued our role as part of the United States Attorney General’s Officer Safety Initiative as host of the Mid-Level training. The VALOR program was created in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), to respond to the startling increase in felonious assaults that have taken the lives of many law enforcement officers and caused challenges for the community. Since its inception, the BJA VALOR Initiative has conducted more than 250 VALOR Trainings to more than 29,000 law enforcement officers across the United States, many of those in the Central District of California. The goal of the VALOR Initiative is to improve immediate and long-term health, wellness, and safety of law enforcement professionals through the continued development and delivery of knowledge and skills-based training at no cost to the agency.  On April 19, 2021, the VALOR Program piloted a new virtual training course: Mid-Level Leadership Matchbook. The goal of the Matchbook segment is to take the core training concepts presented in a classroom environment during the VALOR Mid-Level Leadership Workshop and transition them into a series of mini-training modules within the Matchbook delivered over eight weeks. The topics chosen for each track will consist of information that the target audience of law enforcement leaders needs to know to increase their span of control within their respective agencies. General Crimes Chief Allison Westfahl-Kong delivered the welcome message to the attendees to kick off the eight-week course.