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(PLEASE NOTE: Speakers, panelists and/or associated workshop may change at our discretion based on need or required changes in schedules)

The Aftermath, Surviving Career and Life Changing Incidents

Presented on Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 01:00P

The Aftermath is a professionally focused workshop built on the principle that preparation for life off duty must be as deliberate as preparation on duty. The session examines how career changing and traumatizing incidents affect not only employment, but family life, personal faith, identity, and long-term stability. Survival after these events requires awareness and preparation long before they occur.

The workshop integrates legal considerations, internal affairs processes, union protections, and personal responsibility to explain what follows events such as officer-involved shootings, traumatizing calls for service, prolonged exposure to critical incidents, extended administrative leave, and removal from duty. Participants will gain insight into how internal investigations unfold, how employment status and benefits can be placed in flux, and how uncertainty surrounding income, pensions, promotions, and career progression can create lasting personal and professional consequences.

Special attention is given to the off-duty effects of trauma, including strain on families, isolation during administrative leave, challenges to faith and personal resilience, and the lasting sensory memories tied to critical incidents. The workshop addresses how sights, sounds, smells, and physical sensations can remain long after the call is cleared, and how acknowledging these realities is essential to long-term career and life survival.