Creating a Tribal Law Enforcement Wellness Program: The Oneida, Yukwahunh.iyo, We Are All Healthy

Saturday, October 14, 2023

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM PST

Location: Room: 8

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Brandon Vande Hei

Lieutenant
Oneida Police Department, Wisconsin
Oneida, Wisconsin, United States

Speaker(s)

NR

Nicole Reiter

Dispatch Supervisor
Oneida Police Department, Wisconsin
Oneida, Wisconsin, United States
Nathan Ness

Sergeant
Oneida Police Department, Wisconsin
Oneida, Wisconsin, United States
Leah Rouse, PhD, ABPP

Consulting Psychologist/Wellness Program Coordinator
Oneida Police Department, Wisconsin
Oneida, Wisconsin, United States

The Oneida Police Department asserts that tribal cultural knowledge is inherent to wellness at the community, agency, family, and individual levels. This panel presentation delineates the development of an agency wellness program founded on Oneida cultural values. It provides a departmental context of balance as the norm, rather than a rarity, and one where wellness practices are included in training as much as other tools of the trade. Wellness program development and implementation processes are overviewed from an Oneida cultural lens, and lessons learned are shared. Panel presenters represent administration, sworn and non-sworn personnel, and the agency partner psychologist. Peer support and inter-tribal partnership implications are addressed.