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[Pages:85]PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS:

RETURNING TO FULL DUTY

Major Cities Chiefs And

Federal Bureau of Investigation National Executive Institute 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL DEDICATION ........................................................................................................iii FOREWORD .........................................................................................................................v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................................................................................vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................................................ix HEALTH, WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS ....................................................1 MANAGING INJURY/ILLNESS .............................................................................................17 FITNESS FOR DUTY ............................................................................................................23 REINTEGRATION AFTER MILITARY DEPLOYMENT .........................................................35 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS..................................................................................................61

ATTACHMENTS ATTACHMENT 1 PHYSICAL ABILITIES TEST (ST. LOUIS METRO PD) ATTACHMENT 2 PUBLICATION RELEASE - EEOC ADDRESSES

EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS WITH SERVICECONNECTED DISABILITIES ATTACHMENT 3 EEOC ? VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ATTACHMENT 4 EEOC ? VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA): A GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS ATTACHMENT 5 USAREUR INDIVIDUAL REINTEGRATION CHECKLIST ATTACHMENT 6 OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM & IRAQI FREEDOM CASUALTY SUMMARY BY STATE (AS OF MARCH 1, 2008) ATTACHMENT 7 UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT OF 1994

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SPECIAL DEDICATION

The Human Resources Committee of the Major Cities Chiefs (MCC) Association would like to honor its founding member by dedicating this report to Larry Brockelsby, Director of Human Resources for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD).

At the beginning of the 1990's, MCC Vice President Clarence Harmon was the Chief of Police in St. Louis and Larry Brockelsby was the SLMPD Human Resources Director. Director Brockelsby accompanied Chief Harmon to the MCC meetings and found that many of the issues that the MCC discussed were HR in nature. Harmon and Brockelsby suggested that the MCC create a committee of HR personnel from MCC departments to research and report on current law enforcement HR issues. All MCC committees are chaired by a member chief, and Chief Harmon was appointed to that position.

The committee was established in 1993, and as Chief Harmon's representative, Director Brockelsby assumed the duty of chairing the group. The committee meets three times a year and Director Brockelsby took the responsibility for scheduling the meetings, keeping minutes, and overseeing all of the details for the committee. This has been a challenging assignment since the committee members' departments span the United States and Canada. Over the years he has overseen the process on fourteen committee reports. Throughout the years, Director Brockelsby has also coordinated frequent requests between committee members whenever their agency was researching a variety of law enforcement topics. His help and facilitation have greatly enhanced the success and professionalism of the committee collectively and of its individual members.

Director Brockelsby has announced that he is retiring from the MCC Human Resources Committee at the end of 2008. He is also planning his retirement from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in 2009. He tells us that he is looking forward to spending more leisure time with his wife, children and grandchildren.

The MCC Human Resources Committee would like to thank Larry Brockelsby for all of his hard work and dedication to the Committee. We appreciate his leadership and commitment to excellence and will miss his professional and tireless contributions. We also appreciate his friendship and wish him a happy and healthy retirement.

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FOREWORD

The Major Cities Chiefs (MCC) and the Major County Sheriffs (MCS) are organizations consisting of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the largest law enforcement organizations in North America. Membership includes departments from the United States and Canada. The Human Resources Committee (HRC) of the MCC with members from the MCS meets three times a year to research, discuss and formulate strategies for contemporary personnel and policy issues and incidences. The HRC is comprised of individuals, both sworn and civilian professionals, who have distinguished themselves during their careers. They are charged by their CEOs with addressing law enforcement's challenges and providing strategic alternatives for implementing, resolving and mitigating human resource issues of today. Readers of this work will realize how difficult it is for writers to state opinions or make suggestions that apply equally to local, state, urban, rural, suburban, or federal law enforcement agencies. However, the HRC's experienced and wise practitioners, who are not simply espousing theory but are actually putting these ideas into effect on a daily basis, created this written document from many discussions. While the MCC and MCS do not specifically endorse every conclusion or recommendation of this report, they use its information to generate discussion and reasonable debate during their roundtable sessions. The result is better informed CEOs who will continue to lead policy changes that will improve law enforcement services. Companies or individuals identified or cited in this project are not endorsed by the MCC or MCS as they are provided for information purposes only.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Human Resources Committee (HRC) of the Major Cities Chiefs (MCC) and the Major County Sheriffs (MCS) would like to thank Larry Brockelsby for his leadership as chairperson of the HRC. Thank you to Deputy Chief Keith Forde and the Toronto Police Service for their generous hospitality during the 2008 spring meeting. Thank you to Supervisory Special Agent Mike McAuliffe and Mrs. Anna Grymes Griffin, Leadership Program Specialist of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for their continuing dedication and support of the HRC.

The Leadership Development Institute of the FBI Academy would also like to thank resident Leadership Fellow, Captain Timothy Cannon of the Orange County Sheriff's Department for his assistance during the final stages of the publication process. In addition, we would like to thank former LDI Fellows David Boggs (Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, Kentucky), Bruce Barstad (Glasgow Police Department, Montana) and Kenith Hilte (El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Colorado).

Special thanks to the committee members who spent valuable time in research, discussion, writing and editing of this report. The following list of Human Resources Committee members contributed to the research and writing of this publication:

Jennifer Beidle Dwight Bower Larry Brockelsby Dennis Callaghan Tim Cannon Bill Champa Keith Forde Jennifer Greene Anna Grymes Griffin Miriam Hannan Tom Hawkins Rhonda Hennessy Mike Hoskins Debra Johnson Taylor Dave Kajihiro William Kelly Rachel Kilshaw Thomas Krumpter Edward Lang Debbie Langford Miriam Manning Mike McAuliffe John McEntire Bud McKinney Patti Moore Kimberley O'Connell Victoria Oliver Christine Ragan

Pittsburgh Police Department Fairfax County Police Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department San Francisco Police Department Orange County Sheriff's Department Minneapolis Police Department Toronto Police Service Washington D.C. Police Department FBI Academy Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Oklahoma City Police Department Oakland Police Department Honolulu Police Department Baltimore County Police Department San Francisco Police Department Nassau County Police Department Philadelphia Police Department Montgomery County Police Department Virginia Beach Police Department FBI Academy Honolulu Police Department Strategic Leader, Inc. Phoenix Police Department Chicago Police Department Denver Police Department Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

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Lisa Rodriguez Ray Sibley Floyd Simpson Jennifer Soldano Martha Stonebrook Kris Stull Marco Vasquez Doug Weishar Akella Wicker

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Denver Police Department Dallas Police Department Austin Police Department Salt Lake City Police Department Fairfax County Police Department Denver Police Department Kansas City Police Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

This publication will be available online at the Major Cities Chiefs /National Executive Institute's website: .

Hugh M. McKinney Administrator, MCC HRC

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