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Partner With The Future 

Integrated workforce health for public safety.

A national initiative advancing measurable improvement in workforce health, recovery, and system performance.

Training for public safety agencies, workers’ compensation professionals, and clinicians.

Badges of the disciplines the Alliance serves: EMT and paramedic, healthcare professionals, emergency dispatchers, risk management and workers’ compensation, police, sheriff and fire
Years of Public Safety LeadershipDavid Picone, CEO, SDFD (Ret.)
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WHO WE ARE

Our Mission

The Health and Safety Leadership Alliance brings public safety leaders, risk managers, and clinical partners to the same table so the people who serve get the right care sooner, get back to work, and stay on the job.

Public safety is people, and behind every one of them is a family. We’re exactly what the name says, an alliance: public safety leaders, risk managers, claims professionals, clinicians, insurers, and health systems at one table, pulling in the same direction.

We teach the courses, we evaluate what an agency runs today and what’s working, and we work beside the agency to find where people are falling through and fix it. San Diego proved it: people got back to work faster, disability dropped, and costs came down with it.

Any agency can build this, and getting it started is where partners come in. The Alliance is an independent 501(c)(3) public charity.

The Alliance System

The System Is Producing Predictable Outcomes

A treatable injury turns chronic. Recovery drags on. Someone who should be back on shift is at home getting worse, and the family carries it. None of that is the price of the job; it’s what happens when nobody built the system to work together. San Diego built it differently, and structure can be repeated.

The cycle: injured off longer, other claims increase, overtime expenses, budgets tighten, vacancies rise. More claims. More cost. More pressure.

TESTIMONIALS

What Leaders in the Industry are Saying

Robert Logan
Robert LoganFire Chief, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
“When systems are slow, fragmented, or misaligned, [public safety] pays the price first, and communities pay it longer. Delaying care doesn’t reduce cost; it transfers it.”
Joseph Sousa
Joseph SousaDeputy Director, Risk Management, City of San Diego
“San Diego’s partnership model shows that when risk management, fire and police leadership, and evidence-based clinical teams work together, outcomes change. Disability drops, recovery accelerates, and the overall cost of claims goes down.”
Mike Lawson
Mike LawsonPolice Wellness Coordinator, Chula Vista Police Department
“For someone in the wellness field, I highly recommend a course like this. You’re going to learn something new and then hopefully be able to bring it back to your department.”
Captain Lorenzo Glenn
Captain Lorenzo GlennAnaheim Police Department
“At the end of the day, we want the same things. Public safety personnel want to get back to work. Risk managers and agency leaders want better outcomes. Working in partnership is how we get there.”
Matt Hill, Esq.
Matt Hill, Esq.Applicant Representation and Workers’ Compensation Systems Advisor, HSLA Clinical and Technical Advisory Group
“Associations love it, employers give it a shot. And then once it happens, all of a sudden they’re saving money.”