10/13/2026
As shared before, our men and women train beyond the standards set by the state of NC. Then, if you’re SWAT, you train more. If you’re a Field Training Officer, if you’re an instructor, if you have taken on any extra responsibility — you’re training for it and we thank you. It’s a lot of training. This month, October, there’s a focus on emotional wellness. Mental Health Day was last week. It’s a time to take stock of our stress levels, it’s an excellent time to make some changes, too. Wellness care could be seen as a form on training, gaining tools and growing habits for resilience and to ensure rest.
Officer Wellness is one of our focuses and, as we meet to develop more helps, we want to offer thanks to Skyler Byerly, the HPPD Wellness Coordinator, HPPD Peer Support Team, Volunteer HPPD Chaplain Team and all those doing buddy checks on each other! It matters.