Officer Involved Shootings: Navigating Investigations & Officer Mental Health | DCG

In 2012, the Indianapolis Metro PD developed a comprehensive approach to responding to officer involved shootings (OIS) and other critical officer incidents, with a dual focus on investigation and maintaining officer health. This holistic response has resulted in officers receiving pre-incident inoculation, post incident health related resources, completing a mental health check-up, fulfilling their investigative responsibilities and internal review, and returning to full duty-healthy-usually within a two week period after the incident.
It is accepted that the law enforcement agency must prioritize the investigation of the OIS and critical incidents, and respond to public, media, internal and external inquiry. This responsibility does not have to come at the expense of agency recognition of the long-term psychological and physical health needs of the officer. This training provides a model that partners the agency and the officer with internal and external resources to ensure the physical and mental health needs of the officer are being addressed long before the OIS or critical incident occurs.
Hear from Captain Brian Nanavaty (Ret.), one of the founders of this IMPD program, as well as James Gray, an IMPD officer (Ret.) who shares first-hand knowledge on his experiences as an officer involved in three critical incidents during his 25 year career on the force.