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MCPA Legislator Recognition AwardIn 2023, MCPA honored Senator Nick Frentz and Representative Kaohly Her. Together, they took on one of the most pressing challenges impacting Law Enforcement agencies across the state for the past few years: mental health for public safety professionals and, specifically, the issue of skyrocketing duty disabilities related to PTSD. The journey to passing this legislation differed from your typical public safety bill process. Senator Frentz and Representative Her had to work with a large group of public safety stakeholders, who didn’t always agree on how this issue should be addressed. At several points, they compromised with various stakeholders to keep this bill moving forward. They also had to work within their respective legislative bodies to gain bipartisan support to pass this bill. As this bill was moving through the various committees, there was a relatively small but very vocal contingent within the public safety community working very hard to block the bill from being passed. None of these challenges or obstacles deterred these legislators from accomplishing the objective of passing the most comprehensive and impactful public safety mental health legislation in the Nation. MCPA was proud to award the 2023 Legislator Recognition Award to Senator Nick Frentz and Representative Kaohly Her for their outstanding determination and resolve to address these vitally important issues. *Rep Her was out of state attending a conference at the time of the award luncheon, but she has expressed her sincere appreciation for receiving this award. Criteria
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