(Video) Train and Equip Officers for Self-Care/Buddy Care

Don Alwes emphasizes the critical life-saving nature of first-aid equipment and training so wounded LEOs can treat themselves and fellow officers.

Staff Writer
June 13, 2019

Don Alwes—an adjunct instructor for Kentucky's Department of Criminal Justice Training and lead instructor for NTOA's Police Response to Active Shooter and School and Workplace Violence courses—discusses with POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie the importance of equipping LEOs with first-aid tools and training officers in their use. Alwes emphasizes the critical life-saving nature of such equipment and training for police.

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