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SUMMARY:Seminar: Police Resiliency and Critical Incident Mindset
DESCRIPTION:Taught by Retired Captain Joshua Bitsko, one of three officers 
 who breached the suspect’s door during the 1 October Las Vegas mass 
 shooting, this course delivers experience based tools to improve officer p
 erformance under stress. After presenting the first hour of this course at
  last year’s 2024 NSA Summer Conference, nearly every attendee reque
 sted more time. This year, Captain Bitsko will deliver the next portion, d
 iving deeper into how physiological and emotional responses impact tactica
 l performance. Backed by science and real world incidents, this session eq
 uips officers and leaders with tools to improve decision making, regulate 
 stress, and build lasting resiliency before, during, and after critical in
 cidents. Last year’s session drew a standing room only crowd, and wa
 s the most attended session of the entire week.\n\n\nThis course is ground
 ed in current research on stress response and mental health in law enforce
 ment, combined with real-world critical incident experience. The emotional
  regulation method taught in the course is research-based and was develope
 d in collaboration with Dr. Tamara Herold, one of the nation’s leadi
 ng police researchers. This practical, evidence-informed framework prepare
 s officers to perform under pressure with clarity and control.\n\n\nhttps:
 //nsaconf.org
LOCATION:Commerce
URL;VALUE=URI:https://nsaconf.org/v2/page/AgendaItem/3757
DTSTART:20260201T154500Z
DTEND:20260201T164500Z
UID:2026-04-11-03-47-23-0@nsaconf.org
DTSTAMP:20260411T084723
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