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August 2025 Video

NATA’s Council on Practice Advancement (COPA) Public Safety panel presents a critical conversation featuring experts from the Public Safety Athletic Trainers Society and COPA addressing the rise in preventable deaths and life-threatening incidents among law enforcement academy recruits—particularly those linked to heat illness and sickle cell trait complications. Moderator: Maura Shea, DAT, LAT, ATC, Executive Director, Public Safety Athletic Trainers Society Panelists: Anna August, MS, LAT, ATC with Fairfax County Police Department, Traci Tauferner, LAT, ATC, CSCS with Advanced Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine and Miranda Zamora-Williams, DAT, LAT, ATC with OrthoLive