Safe Call Now for Washington State Criminal Justice Academy

Safe Call Now: Did you know that more police officers die from suicide than from getting hurt on the job? We shot and edited four short videos for Safe Call Now, a non-profit organization that helps public safety employees across America (EMTS, Fire Fighters, Law Enforcement) to deal with issues of suicide, financial problems, substance abuse, and relationship issues. To learn more about the Safe Call Now program, go to www.safecallnow.org
You can watch the Safe Call Now videos starring Gordon Graham right now here:
SAFE CALL NOW PART ONE (Introduction and Financial Problems)



SAFE CALL NOW PART TWO (Relationship problems)




SAFE CALL NOW PART THREE (Suicide)



SAFE CALL NOW PART FOUR (alcohol and substance abuse problems)

Video Shoot at WA State Criminal Justice Training Academy

Director RJ McHatton with Law Enforcement expert Gordon Graham

We drove down to Burien to shoot four short films for the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Academy. The four films are focused on the SAFE CALL NOW program. Safe Call Now is a non-profit that tries to help prevent suicide or substance abuse among public safety employees. You can learn more about Safe Call Now atwww.safecallnow.org We shot a great introduction by nationally recognized expert Gordon Graham, then used real life police officers, fire fighters, and EMTS in the scripted video production. I was particularly impressed with this Gordon Graham. I call him “this” Gordon Graham because I have known the “other” Gordon Graham for over 20 years. You can learn more about this Gordon Graham atwww.gordongraham.com

Here are some pictures of the volunteers who helped with our video production.

Thank you so much to the great volunteers who helped out with the production of these four videos. They came in during their day off. We are very grateful for their excellent commitment to helping others.

Fire 20/20 Director Larry Sagen with Gordon Graham

We also shot an interview with Gordon Graham for the non-profit Fire 20/20 about diversity in the Firefighting industry. You can learn more about Fire 20/20 at www.fire2020.org