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Indianapolis Metropolitan Police DepartmentOffice of Professional Development and Wellness

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Sergeant Aaron Snyder

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD)Office of Professional Development and Wellness (OPDW)

Mentoring and Professional Development Supervisor

17-year veteran of law enforcementNarcoticsNRO – Bike PatrolCertified Law Enforcement InstructorTraffic Enforcement – Motor Officer – Drill Team

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“We have observed that police officers often suffer a death of the police spirit, brought on by the paradox

of their courage and commitment on one hand, but the utter futility of their efforts on the other. It is your responsibility as a leader to ensure that this

does not happen.”—Bill Westfall

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OPDW Office Staff

• Lieutenant Sherri Horn

• Sergeant Jon Baker

• Sergeant Aaron Snyder

• Officer Nicole Juday

• Rank is not as important as finding the right person for the job

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OPDW History

• Created 2010 as a disciplinary program

• Retired Captain Brian Nanavaty

• Worked with officers who seemed to always be failing

• Why do the same officers fail and other officers succeed?

• Resources used to help officers facing discipline and help officers stay healthy

• Progressed into proactive developmental programs

• 2011–2012 Peer Support and Mentoring

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OPDW (First Three Years) 2010–2013

• Contacts increased 81%

• Voluntary referrals increased 300%

• Disciplinary/performance referrals decreased 40%

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Top 5 Reasons Officers Fail

• Addictive Issues

• Alcohol, opioids, gambling, sex, porn, love, drama, etc.

• Mental Health/Brain-Related Issues

• Anxiety, depression, bipolar, ADD/ADHD, OCD

• Health Issues

• Weight, diet, exercise, sleep, pain management, CVD, sleep apnea

• Personality/Behavior Issues

• Ego-narcissism, immaturity, victim, anger, control, self-esteem, poor life choices

• Family/Relationship Issues

• Marriage, infidelity, divorce, parenting, financial - ODE

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2016 Outcomes 147

Early Intervention 66Remediation 5Supervisor Consult 28Wellness 71Performance Issues 10OIS 44Critical Incidents 53Arrested 7Mandatory 64

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2016 IMPD OPDW Data

Addictive issues

Mental health issues

Health/sleep/diet issues

Personality/ego issues

Relationship issues

8%

62%

53%

26%

38%

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OPDW – Office of Professional Development and Wellness

Case Management/Crisis Intervention Developmental Programs

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OPDW Developmental Programs

• Peer support and mentoring

• Career pathing, recruitment

• Deployed Member Support Unit

• Wellness Symposium

• Internal/external training

• CrossFit/yoga

• Our health clinics

• Partnerships

• Universities – CLD Unit – Academy

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Mentor Training

• Three-day or two-day

• Police wellness

• DISC – behavior profile

• Active listening

• Millennials – minorities – women

• Goal setting

• Team building

• Individual awareness

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Mentoring/Recruiting/Applicants

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Mentoring/Recruit Training

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Mentoring Veteran Officers

• Officer development

• Veteran facing challenges

• Veteran – career pathing

• Peer to peer

• Long-term

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Mentoring Deployed Member Support Unit

• Provides peer support before, during, and after

deployment

• Helps facilitate turning in equipment

• Provides a contact for soldier and family with

department while soldier is deployed

• Supports officer returning to work

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OPDW Case Management/Crisis Intervention

• Officer-involved shooting (OIS)

• Critical incident response

• POST team

• Discipline

• SIU

• Internal Affairs

• Sick or injured officers

• Wounded guardians

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Case Management

• Work with officers struggling

through different areas of distress

• Partner with and are a point of

contact for clinicians/supervisors

• Partner with officer

• Accountability

• Support for officer and family

Types of Cases

• Officer-involved shooting (OIS)

• Critical incident

• Discipline

• Crisis intervention

• POST team

• Family support

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Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS)

• Meet with involved officer, peer to peer

• Facilitate at least one EAP appointment

• Follow up with officer

• Point of contact for officer and family if they have questions

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OPDW Partners• Life Service EAP

• Recovery Ways

• Acadia

• Deer Hollow

• Hickory House

• Valle Vista

• Fairbanks

• Heartland Intervention

• Dynamic Life Recovery

• Terra

• Community Hospitals Indianapolis

• Gallahue Mental Health

• Safe Call Now (crisis hotline)

• Our Health – My Clinics

• Nutrition-health coaching-disease management

• Public Safety Medical

• Myo-Fit

• In-house CrossFit - Yoga

• Yoga for First Responders

• Medical Liaison office

• Workers’ comp provider

• Aromatherapy

• Hypnotherapy

• Acupuncture

• Public Safety Medical

• Dr. Higginbotham

• Dr. Hale

• Dr. Shoot

• VA Hospitals

• IU Hospitals

• St. Vincent

• St. Francis

• Mid-West Deferred Comp

• My Money Wellness

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What Would This Look Like if It Was Simple?—Tim Ferris, Author

• Start small

• Work with recruits

• Identify resources

• EAP

• Police Chaplain

• Addiction and stress centers

• Get training

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Officer Travis Owens

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Thank You!

Questions?Sergeant Aaron Snyder

aaron.snyder@indy.gov

(317) 381-1210