Workshop Title - A Peer Support Model for Providing Support Services to Retired Police Officers

Sep 26, 2026

Workshop内容围绕为退休警官提供支持服务的同行支持模式展开。文本指出，执法人员退休后可能出现心理问题与创伤反应，而在执法机构中该群体的同行支持与心理服务相对缺乏，可能导致未治疗的心理健康问题甚至自杀。课程将介绍与丹佛警察培训部门及心理服务机构合作开发的“Retiree Peer Support Program”，并重点讲解项目搭建流程、部门审批承诺、招募选拔、培训模块与项目启动要点，同时介绍多位主讲人的专业背景与经验。

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Workshop Title

A Peer Support Model for Providing Support Services to Retired Police Officers

Program logistics and activation

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Workshop Title: A Peer Support Model for Providing Support Services to Retired Police Officers Workshop Description: It is well known that retirees can and will experience psychological issues and trauma reactions after leaving their career. With a few exceptions, peer support and psychological services are lacking for this population in law enforcement agencies. This gap then can lead to untreated mental health problems or even suicide. Today's session will provide specific information on the Retiree Peer Support Program developed with the collaboration of the Denver Police Training Department, Psychological Services and retirees. Emphasis will be placed on the logistics involved in setting up a retiree peer support program, getting departmental approval and commitment, recruitment and selection issues, training components and program activation. Speakers: Dr. John Nicoletti Police Psychologist Nicoletti -Flater Associates Dr. Nicoletti is a Colorado based Police Psychologist that works with numerous state law enforcement agencies around the country. In addition, Dr. Nicoletti provides Peer Support training and supervision for NCIS. His areas of specialty include CIT, Peer Support, threat assessment, pre-employment screening, Wellness evaluations or training, counseling services for officers' and family members, and Critical Incident and Extreme Event trauma recovery. Dr. Nicoletti was invited to assist PERF with the development of a protocol and training guide for dealing with individuals who are engaging in suicide by cop behaviors. He was also part of a team that developed the Preparing for the Unimaginable document for safeguarding officers' mental health after mass casualty events. Dr. Nicoletti has been on scene and assisted with the trauma recovery for several active shooter/mass casualty events including Columbine High School, Platte Canyon High School, Aurora theater Century 16 shooting and the STEM school shooting. Dr. Nicoletti's other area of specialty is workplace and school violence prevention as well as identification and disruption of insider threats. He has consulted with various nuclear facilities for the Department of Energy as well as being an invited speaker for the Insider Threat Conference. Most recently, Dr. Nicoletti has been utilizing his threat assessment model for identification and mitigation of Radicalization and Violent Extremism. He has been invited to present at international conferences cosponsored by NATO and Harvard in Venice Italy and Macedonia. Dr. Nicoletti is an active member of IACP and has presented at the annual conferences on a regular basis. He is also the past Chair of the Police Psychologists section of IACP and is a Board Certified Specialist in Police and Public Safety Psychology. John Coppedge Lieutenant Denver Police Department John Coppedge has served as a police officer with the Denver Police Department since 1992 working in a variety of assignments. He currently serves as the Director of Training and Chief Firearms Officer, where he provides oversite for the departments recruit, in-service, and professional development training programs. Additionally, John supervises the departments employee wellness and resiliency program, and has volunteered as a peer counselor with the agency's Peer Support team since 2002. Prior to becoming a police officer, John served for 8 years in the United States Air Force. John consults, publicly speaks, and provides training nationally and internationally on leadership, trauma, stress, peer support, resiliency, and suicide. He developed and teaches the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) three-day First Line Leadership training program and is a national instructor of their Leadership in Police Organizations course. He has presented at the annual conferences for the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IAC

FAQs

为何需要为退休警官建立同行支持与心理服务？

文本说明，退休后警官可能经历心理问题与创伤反应，但该群体在执法机构中的同行支持与心理服务相对缺乏，这种缺口可能带来未治疗的心理健康问题，甚至导致自杀。

课程将重点涵盖哪些项目建设与落地内容？

重点包括建立Retiree Peer Support Program的具体物流事项，包括获得部门审批与承诺、招募与选拔问题、培训模块以及项目启动（program activation）。

该退休同行支持项目由哪些机构协作开发？

文本指出，该项目由Retiree Peer Support Program在与Denver Police Training Department（丹佛警察培训部门）和Psychological Services（心理服务机构）的合作中开发完成。

Sep 26, 2026

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