189: Police Leadership through Care, Wellness, & Listening w/ Chief Marcia Harnden

Blue Grit Radio: the Police Performance Podcast: Mindset, Wellness, Leadership · Feb 28, 2025 · 57m

Often, we see police wellness as a checkbox. So what does it take to build a legitimate wellness approach- that goes beyond programs and policies but into actual culture?Chief Marcia Harnden appears to be walking the walk- in an iconic and positive way. I first learned about her work through an article by Chris Littrell in Police1- and her professional reputation from western WA became apparent the more I talked with people who worked with and around her. Listen in to hear what Chief has learned in her experiences, that she shares humbly with us in this conversation. —Chief Harnden has been…