By Michael Aguilar, President, Innocorp, Ltd.

Introduction

For more than twenty years, Innocorp has invested financial and creative resources into developing interactive and engaging tools to help advocates for traffic safety educate others on the dangers of impaired driving. In addition to alcohol impairment simulation, our product lines have expanded to include concussion awareness, marijuana impairment modeling, drowsy and distracted driving simulation, and now our latest creation, opioid impairment simulation. These tools help our customers reach critical audiences to inform and persuade their choices that can have life or death consequences.

For many years, a significant part of our customer base has been law enforcement. We recognize the incredible stresses law enforcement encounters daily, from the challenges brought on by the pandemic to calls for defunding. To help address the impact these stresses have on officer wellness, Innocorp is adding a health and wellness program specifically designed for people in security services and law enforcement. The product is a mobile app called Tactical Functional Training^® (TFT) developed by experts in officer fitness. It provides health and wellness instruction in the form of short video vignettes that guide officers in a daily routine of mobility fitness, nutrition, and motivational content.

Tactical Functional Training and the 8 Dimensions of Wellness

Injuries can plague law enforcement officers due to the high pressure and physical demands of their profession. Agencies are looking to wellness strategies like the one defined by the 8 dimensions of wellness to help officers cope with these chronic stressors, Table 1.

Tactical Functional Training^® (TFT) is a program designed to improve officers’ fitness and wellbeing while reduced job-related injuries. TFT’s fitness protocol is unique and addresses several of the 8 wellness dimensions. Idiosyncrasies of the law enforcement job make certain areas of an officer’s body particularly susceptible to injury. TFT focuses on increasing officers’ physical mobility, especially the vulnerable areas, as the first step toward overall fitness and conditioning. TFT also addresses nutritional, emotional, and motivational aspects of wellness, as conveyed by veteran police officers and their overall fitness and wellness perspectives.

Increased wellness results in reducing job-related injuries and an increase in physical, emotional, and occupational wellbeing. TFT aims to help law enforcement officers become their best physical selves and be more productive in their professional and personal lives.

Source: Adapted from “The Six Dimensions of Wellness Model,” by W. Hettler (1976). Copyright 2004 by the National Wellness Institute.

For more information about Tactical Functional Training, visit https://fatalvision.com/product/tactical-functional-training/

Michael Aguilar
President