Wounded Warriors partners with Kawartha Lakes police to boost mental health supports
Global News
Wounded Warriors Canada provides additional mental health services and supports to police officers and staff, other emergency service personnel, military members and veterans.
The Kawartha Lakes Police Service in Lindsay, Ont., will receive additional mental health supports thanks to a new partnership with Wounded Warriors Canada.
On Monday, the municipal police service announced the partnership with the organization, which provides mental health supports and services for ill and injured veterans, emergency service professionals and their families.
The new partnership was forged between the Kawartha Lakes Police Service Association and Wounded Warriors following the November 2021 death of Const. Mike Broderick, who died by suicide. He had joined the police service in 2009.
Some of the programs that will be made available to police officers and service staff include trauma, couples and spousal resiliency programs, the Couples Overcoming PTSD Everyday program, the Surviving Spouses program, the Warrior Kids Camp and virtual program, post-traumatic stress disorder service dogs and an operational stress intervention dog.
Police Insp. Tom Hickey says the service had been actively seeking partnerships with external agencies and noted that Wounded Warriors Canada “jumped off the page” as a first-priority partnership.
“Because we are a small police service, we have limited resources to deal with this type of thing (mental health supports),” he said. “The thing that jumped off the page about Wounded Warriors is that it’s not only about our members, it’s about our members’ families and our members’ children, which is so unique. That became clear this partnership had to happen.”
Wounded Warriors Canada, now a nationally recognized mental health service provider, was formed over 11 years ago. It has since partnered with more than 160 services and organizations across the country.
Police Chief Mark Mitchell praised the organization’s programs, noting “they understand the nature of the work and the impacts” of individuals working in emergency services and the military.
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