Officer Wellness

Officer Wellness and Performance Program

 The Ridgefield Police Department endorses and supports the efforts of our officers to keep themselves in exemplary physical condition. One way this is done is through an incentive-based Fitness Test, held several times throughout the year. Officers can volunteer to engage in these events. Standards are set for various events to include the mile and one half run, push-ups, and sit-ups. If the proper standards are reached by each individual officer, time off is granted. There is no punitive measures for not reaching the standards. The Department provides a gymnasium that has free weights, punching bags, kettlebells, etc. which the officers may use as they wish.

Public safety responders are different. They put their lives in jeopardy every day. They have different stressors. Public Safety EAP is designed to address the specific issues that public safety personnel and their families face every day. Our Peak Performance Benefits are redefining the EAP. We start with all the traditional EAP counseling services designed to address significant life problems and we add Work/Life benefits to address the everyday problems involved in juggling work and family. But that’s not all. We go one step further to deliver benefits designed to enhance quality of life not just for your employees and their family members, but for managers and supervisors, too. And we help all employees to achieve their Peak Performance best through training, coaching and wellness.