Officers Down 5K & Community Day - Aitkin, Minnesota

Code 9 Officer Needs Assistance is an award winning documentary which explores the impacts of the stress and trauma Police Officers deal with on the job which can result in PTSD and suicide if not correctly addressed. Code 9 explores the problem as well as solutions.

This documentary, Code 9, goes where no one has gone in film before--into the depths of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the true threat it presents to law enforcement. Fifteen to eighteen percent of police officers suffer from PTSD. They need to see this film as do the many officers--and managers--who run the risk of incurring it. I could not recommend this film more highly as a means of understanding this deadly mental health issue.
--Ron Clark, Badge of Life

An opportunity for those outside of Aitkin MN to run/walk as a virtual runner/walker to take part in the event in their own town/community. Those virtual runners/walkers registering by May 1st will have their race day T-shirt and bib mailed to them and received in time to run/walk your own 5K on the weekend of May 21st.