(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tribune Editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce, left, moderates a conversation with police officers and firefighters about mental health at the Salt Lake Public Library on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Panelists included Shante Johnson, spokeswoman for the Utah State Lodge Fop (Fraternal Order of Police) and the widow of Sgt. Derek Johnson, who was killed in the line of duty, center, and Salt Lake City Fire Capt. Mike Stevens, an advocate for better mental health care for firefighters.
In a bonus episode of ‘Trib Talk,’ Salt Lake Tribune editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce moderates a panel discussion on post-traumatic stress disorder among Utah’s first responders.
Panelists include: Rep. Lee Perry, a Utah Highway Patrol lieutenant; Sgt. Lisa Pascadlo, peer-support coordinator at the Salt Lake City Police Department; Shante Johnson, spokeswoman for the Utah State Fraternal Order of Police; and Salt Lake City Fire Capt. Mike Stevens, an advocate for better mental health care for firefighters.
The panel discussion was recorded live Thursday evening at a public event at the Salt Lake City main library. It continues an examination of mental health and emotional trauma among law enforcement professionals and first responders launched by a six-part Tribune series titled “Officer in Distress,” and a previous Trib Talk episode about that series and the experience of West Jordan Police Detective Brent Jex.
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