Join Chief Neil Dubord as he speaks with Greater Sudbury Police Service officer James Jefferson. James was involved in a critical incident that had a profound impact on how he managed and functioned. Until he was ready to acknowledge this impact and do something to help himself, he spiraled to his rock bottom. But when James did acknowledge the impact, he started a road to recovery for himself, and now uses his experiences and outlook to help others with the GSPS.

Dr. Mark Davies believes organizational culture can reduce barriers and contribute to healthy mental well-being. In speaking about a study conducted at Harvard, Dr. Davies states, “Unit cohesion in the military was a negative predictor of PTSD by a 20% variance.” Essentially, having the proper mechanisms in place before trauma occurs, can reduce the chance and severity of trauma, if and when trauma does happen.

5 days before her wedding, RCMP Cst. Sande Higgins was scheduled to fly from her northern Manitoba posting to Winnipeg. The plane crashed on take-off, leaving Sande to aide in the rescue of other surviving passengers. Sande talks about the growing anxiety and onset of PTSD following the crash, and how she was worked to understand her diagnosis and regain her health.

In this episode, Chief Neil Dubord speaks with RCMP Constable Ryan Moore about his struggle with PTSD and how he ended up helping others due to his own healing journey.

In this episode, Chief Dubord speaks with Kendra Devor, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist out of Orange County, California. Her professional experience has focused on treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, grief, and loss. Dr. Devor has extensive experience working with first responders and their family members.

Kyle Stubbs' life took a sudden shift in 2018 with the premature birth of his daughter. Kyle openly shares how his entire family was affected by this and especially the impact that the vulnerable health condition of his baby girl had on him as a father, a husband, and a cop. Kyle shares how he struggled to find the support he needed but, fortunately, ran into a therapeutic group that changed his life forever.

This week, Chief Neil Dubord is joined by Jonny Morris, CEO of the BC office of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

May 1st marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. In this episode, Chief Dubord speaks with Jonny about mental health, the work done by the CMHA, the importance of creating a psychologically safe workplace, and how the DPD has built a culture of care for their organization, as well as their community. A serious mental health related incident that closed an area bridge for several hours, and how the DPD managed that incident kicks of this episode.

This week, Chief Neil Dubord is joined by Grayson Hawkings and Joel Thirsk from the Delta Police Department as they speak about a critical incident that they were involved in.

This week, Chief Neil Dubord is joined by Todd Mason from the Victoria Police Department. In this episode, Chief Dubord speaks with Todd about two tragic incidents that changed his career and affected him deeply, impacting his physical and mental health profoundly.

Less than three years into her career she was shot in the leg while executing a search warrant at the home of a sex offender. Laurie shares her incredible story of losing her leg, her physical and mental recovery and her heroic return to work

Retired LAPD Chief Psychologist Dr. Kevin Jablonski discusses how, in 25 years with the LAPD, he observed policing distort and skew how police officers view their world - becoming increasingly negative.

Steve and Dave talks about how they put together a course for police officers to help face the stress and anxiety that come with their very challenging jobs.

This week, Chief Neil Dubord is joined by Nathan Kapler of the Ten Thirty-Three podcast. Nathan went into his career in the RCMP as a positive, motivated and compassionate person.

This week, Chief Neil Dubord is joined again by James Hardy who has been in policing for more than 4 decades, he was with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police then over to the Calgary Police Service, and later developed a consulting career.

This week, Chief Neil Dubord is joined by James Hardy who has been in policing for more than 4 decades, he was with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police then over to the Calgary Police Service, and later developed a consulting career.

Giselle discusses her drive for a life of service, the toll answering 9-1-1 calls took on her wellbeing and a traumatic incident that occurred outside of work where her life saving efforts to save a baby were unsuccessful.

Chief Dubord and Jenny speak about how being injured on the job led to the end of her beloved 12 year career.

In this episode, Shelby shares her story from her time in the RCMP’s Sex Crimes section investigating child sexual assaults and child pornography.

Chief Dubord speaks with Aaron about how his career and life were completely altered in 2019 after he was a victim of a serious on-duty pedestrian hit-and-run motor vehicle incident.

Dave shares key lessons he has learned as a Homicide Detective, impactful moments in his career that have changed his perspective on policing, and the coping strategies he leverages to protect his mental health.

Mike Bloxham, Dave Fouche, and Dave Teboul are all experienced Crisis Negotiators here to talk about the critical incident that brought them all together.

This week, Chief Neil Dubord is joined by Mark Bouchard. Mark first joined the Delta Police Department in 2007 and worked on patrol from 2009-2014 and then served on their Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team from 2014-2019.

Chris shares his experience assisting with the wildfire effort in 2011 in Slave Lake, AB, and how it impacted his mental health in the years that followed.

RCMP Cpl. Deepak Prasad story about taking care for a community and fellow officers after a tragic event

Vancouver Firefighter Lieutenant Jenn Dawkins

RCMP Cst. Glen Fenimore's story of resilience

RCMP Sgt. Major Sebastien Lavoie's approach to leading through critical incidents

Las Vegas Police Department Lt. Joshua Bitsko recounts the months and years after the tragedy

Last Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Joshua Bitsko' moment-by-moment account of the ....

Abbotsford Police Cst. Mike Willford's story of compassion fatigue.

Edmonton Police Service members, Colleen Mooney and Glen Klose,

On this episode of Bend Don’t Break, host Chief Neil Dubord speaks to the founder of the Vancouver chapter of Beyond the Blue about the need for more peer support for family members of police officers.

Metro Vancouver Transit Police Constable (Cst.) Josh Harms joins the podcast to discuss his recovery after he was shot while on duty in early 2019.

A 20 year RCMP officer, Rob Farrer recognized the need for more awareness associated with post-traumatic stress disorder amongst first responders.