“If we don’t take care of OUR PEOPLE, they won’t be able to take care of THE PEOPLE!”
Those words describe John Marx’s legacy of working with law-enforcement professionals and other first responders.
Sadly John Marx passed away on Oct. 16 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
His voice may be silenced but his impact, his passion and commitment to helping bring wellness and resilience to law-enforcement professionals will continue.
His legacy is the Law Enforcement Survival Institute (LESI), an assessment, consulting and training organization. In addition to this work, John also created Cops Alive (copsalive.com) and authored Armor Yourself: How to Survive a Career in Law Enforcement.
As a former law enforcement officer for twenty-three years and a hostage negotiator for nineteen of those years, John lost a good friend, also a former police officer to suicide. John created CopsAlive.com to save the lives of the people who save lives.
His body of work over the years has been used by law enforcement agencies all over the United States and Internationally.
While John will be missed by the thousands of people he worked with over the years, his work will continue. Please visit our websites for updates in the near future.
LESI – lawenforcementsurvivalinstitute.org
Cops Alive – copsalive.com
A Season of Giving
The Law Enforcement Survival Institute has just released two Do-It-Yourself Small Agency Curriculum Packages, to assist academy classes or small agencies that can’t afford more expensive training programs.
Our friends at the Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS) is seeking a full time Police Psychologist or Mental Health Specialist. The position provides confidential counseling to all staff, crisis intervention services, supervises the peer support team, and provides training to many areas of the department. The successful candidate will have clinical and crisis‐management experience as well as training, presentation, and leadership skills.
EDITORS NOTE: The Law Enforcement Survival Institute was approached by The University of Colorado Colorado Springs School of Public Affairs about promoting a new research project investigating the concept of moral injury within law enforcement. The findings from this project entitled: Advancing Officer Wellness: A Study of On-Duty Experiences and their Impacts among Law Enforcement Professionals, can be used to raise awareness of officer’s experiences and to develop programming that supports officer wellness. The Law Enforcement Survival Institute wholeheartedly supports this very interesting research and we encourage you to investigate further, join the project, and help us spread the word to others.
