Civilian Guest Courses

This module is for civilians (people who are not certified officers).  Certified officers should take this course via Benchmark Training Hub. (click here).

The module discusses topics related to officer mental health and wellness and provides training participants with strategies to support mental wellbeing throughout their career.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this module, participants should be able to:

1. Describe how stress manifests itself in the body and how it displays in oneself and peers;

2. Identify risk factors and recognize warning signs of officer suicide;

3. Identify and use strategies for building officer resilience; and

4. Access available officer mental health and wellness resources.

This course fulfills the training requirement outlined in NH RSA 106-L:7-a.

106-L:7-a Mental Health Training for Law Enforcement Officers. –

I. No person shall assume their role as a law enforcement officer or dispatcher unless such person has satisfactorily completed mental health training focusing on post-traumatic stress from a program developed and delivered by the New Hampshire police standards and training council. Subsequent to initial training, all law enforcement officers and dispatchers shall successfully complete annual online training. No current officer shall be required to attend in-person training at the academy.
II. Mental health training focusing on post-traumatic stress disorder shall be made available annually to any law enforcement officers after their retirement.