Officer Health, Wellness, and Trauma-Informed Leadership

As the Founder and Chief Psychologist of CORDICO, David Black, PhD, leads a team of professionals dedicated to providing customized, confidential, mobile wellness applications for law enforcement agencies nationwide. A clinical psychologist by training, Dr. Black was inspired by the heroic sacrifices of first responders on September 11, 2001, to explore how technology can transform behavioral health for as many first responders and their families as possible. He serves as Chief Psychologist of the California Police Chiefs Association Wellness Committee, is a founding Board Member of the National Sheriffs’ Association Psychological Services Group and serves as their Chair of Technology and Social Media. He is an Advisory Board Member for the National Police Foundation’s Center for Mass Violence Response Studies, serves on the IACP Police Psychological Services Ethics Committee, serves on the National Fraternal Order of Police Officer Wellness Committee and Provider Evaluation Subcommittee, and is an Officer Wellness subject matter expert for the California Commission on POST. Dr. Black serves as a keynote speaker at annual law enforcement conferences (including for organizations such as the FBINAA and the National FOP), and has been serving law enforcement since 2002.