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Session IV: Gain Bionic Knowledge
Disaster and the Aftermath: Getting Back to a New Kind of Normal

Mindi Russell

Senior Chaplain Mindi Russell is the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Chaplaincy-Sacramento which serves the:

  • Sacramento Police Department

  • Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department

  • California Highway Patrol-Sacramento Division

  • Department of Justice

  • Federal Bureau of Investigations-Sacramento

  • Sacramento County Coroner’s Office

  • Elk Grove Police Department

  • Sacramento District Attorney’s Office

  • Sacramento County Probation Office

  • California Parks and Recreation

  • Citrus Heights Police Department

  • Rancho Cordova Police Department

  • Inspector General's Office

  • US Marshall Office

  • Federal Probation Office

  • Los Rios Police and Grant Police Department

  • CA Dept of Corrections & Rehabilitation

  • Cal Expo Police Department

  • U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

  • Sacramento International Airport

 

She is a career Law Enforcement Chaplain overseeing two programs:

 

  • 16 Law Enforcement Chaplains who serve law enforcement personnel and their families at both professional and personal levels.

  • 85 Community Chaplains who respond at the initiation of law enforcement to victims and vicarious victims of critical incidents and crises including death notifications, suicides, homicides, hostage situations, kidnapping, and other traumatic events.

The Law Enforcement Chaplaincy-Sacramento chaplains have received numerous awards for their expertise as crisis intervention specialists for schools, corporations, and neighborhoods.

Chaplain Mindi, with the following certified membership credentials, has facilitated numerous critical incident stress debriefings for law enforcement, other emergency response teams, and civilians following natural or man-made traumatic events:

 

  • International Critical Incident Stress Foundation  (I.C.I.S.F.)

  • Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists Foundation (A.T.S.S.)

  • International Conference of Police Chaplains (I.C.P.C.)

  • American Red Cross and National Transportation Safety Board (N.T.S.B.) S.A.I.R. Team Responder

  • Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.)

  • Appointee for the California Department of Mental Health’s Suicide Prevention Plan Advisory Committee

  • OES-State Mass Fatality Management Planning Committee

  • Governor’s California Suicide Prevention Planning Advisory Committee

Chaplain Mindi served at Ground Zero in New York City with the N.T.S.B. S.A.I.R. Team, in partnership with the American Red Cross, immediately after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.

In addition, she has implemented and continues to teach at law enforcement academies for outside agencies, recruit spouse and family academies, as well as ongoing, yearly law enforcement and community chaplain’s academies for her agency.  Along with her P.O.S.T.- certified instructor’s credentials to teach at local and outside law enforcement agencies, she is a motivational speaker who provides training nationally.  In April 2002, she received the National Crime Victim Service Award from President George W. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft.  This prestigious award is the highest federal honor for victim advocacy.

Chaplain Mindi is a member of the U.S. Department of Justice's, Office for Victims of Crime, Training and Technical Assistance Center.  This Consortium of victim assistance experts represents the full spectrum of victim services and works to address the needs of underserved victims and faith - based communities.  The Consortium creates meaningful, proactive partnerships to work on the emerging priorities in such topical areas as human trafficking, terrorism and mass violence and community disasters. 

Chaplain Mindi is affiliated member of several boards, teams, and other organizations, including:

 
  • Domestic Violence Task Force

  • Western Region 6 President (ICPC)

  • Workplace Violence Responder Team

  • Child Death Review Board

  • D.A.R.T. Post Trauma responder

  • Elder Abuse Death Review Board

  • Domestic Violence Review Board

Last updated 01/09/2008
13th Annual Occupational & Regulatory Symposium on Safety & Health,  January 23, 2008
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